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New Workforce Transformation Story: Changes in Hiring Accelerate and Enhance Culture Change
ARL has published the latest entry in its Workforce Transformation Stories column. Joyce E.B. Backus, associate director for Library Operations, and Kathel Dunn, program coordinator of the Associate Fellowship Program,...
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Call for Proposals for SPEC Survey Topics 2016—Deadline July 17, 2015
ARL is seeking proposals for 2016 SPEC survey topics. For 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program to assist libraries in the continuous improvement...
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SPEC Kit 346: Scholarly Output Assessment Activities (May 2015)
This SPEC Kit explores current ARL member library activities that help authors manage their scholarly identities, provide options for creating and disseminating scholarly outputs, offer strategies to enhance discoverability of...
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Analysis of LibQUAL+ Comments to Drive Service Improvement webcast
In 2013, McGill University Library developed a toolkit for the qualitative analysis of open-ended comments in LibQUAL+. All comments were coded and analyzed using template analysis. The library used the...
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New Workforce Transformation Story: A Community of Practice around Leadership Development
ARL has published the latest entry in its Workforce Transformation Stories column. Jill Mierke, director of human resources for the University of Saskatchewan Library, contributed the February essay, “Communities of...
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ARL/LibQUAL+® Booth #741
Visit ARL and the LibQUAL+ staff at booth #741 at the Oregon Convention Center! Wednesday, March 25, 5:45 p.m.–7:30 p.m.Thursday, March 26, 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.Friday, March 27, 9:00 a.m.–4 p.m.
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SPEC Kit 345: Shared Print Programs (December 2014)
This SPEC Kit explores the extent of ARL member libraries’ participation in concerted efforts among groups of libraries to collaboratively collect or retain print collections and provide access to them....
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SPEC Kit 344: Talent Management (November 2014)
This SPEC Kit explores whether ARL member libraries are using talent management strategies in the recruitment, retention, and development of a workforce needed to support the transformation of academic and...
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Shared Print Programs, SPEC Kit 345, Published by ARL
ARL has released Shared Print Programs, SPEC Kit 345, which explores the extent of ARL member libraries’ participation in concerted efforts among groups of libraries to collaboratively collect or retain...
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New Workforce Transformation Story: Library Reorganization
ARL’s Transforming Research Libraries (TRL) Steering Committee has published the latest entry in its column, Workforce Transformation Stories. Marcy Simons, organizational development librarian at the University of Notre Dame Hesburgh...