Subscribe to RSS Feed From the Director – December 23, 2011 – Holiday Letter
Each holiday season, we send a holiday card with a message inserted to our key donors, library colleagues around the country, and senior leadership at the University. The letter follows at the end of this message. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season filled with good food, time with friends and family and time [...]
From the Director – December 16, 2011 – Communication
One thing that leaders (at all levels) work to achieve is improved organizational communication. As a result, I am always interested in finding new ideas and approaches to ensuring that our organization continues to improve its ability to communicate both with employees, with patrons, and with stakeholders. There is a lot a business literature about [...]
From the Director – December 7, 2011 – Cost Averages for Resource Sharing – Interlibrary Services, Circulation paging and OhioLINK – Guest Entry from Tony Maniaci (Circulation) and Brian Miller (Interlibrary Services)
We recently completed a cost study of the OSU Libraries’ FY2011 resource sharing services (excl. Health Sciences, Law, and Regional libraries) using a tool developed by colleagues at the University of Kansas and University of Nevada-Las Vegas. The information gathered will be combined and compared with other libraries’ data to determine new national average [...]
From the Director – December 1, 2011 – Introducing the New OSUL Innovation Fund
I am pleased to announce the creation of the new OSUL Innovation Fund. The objective of the fund is to facilitate and support projects that advance innovative ideas and services that produce high value for users and support the strategic objectives of the OSU Libraries. Awards from this fund will serve as catalysts for introducing [...]