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Bitter Coffee & Watered-down Bourbon: Lessons for Libraries from Chase & Sanborn Coffee and Maker’s Mark (Charleston Conference 2013)
(2013-11-08)
The story of Chase & Sanborn Coffee provides all organizations a great morality tale for all organizations, including libraries, about how small changes may lead to larger problems down the road. Chase & Sanborn ranked ...
“No One Gets Left Behind:” Managing Library Human Resources During Dramatic Shifts in Academic Libraries
(2015-05-18)
One of the greatest challenges facing academic libraries is maintaining necessary space for collections and services. Academic administrators are forced to balance the need for space to support new and expanded programs, ...
Business Information: Help and Resources are Closer than they Appear
(2014-04-25)
Libraries everywhere are faced with many challenges: shrinking physical spaces, decreasing budgets and increasing demand, just to name a few. Over the last few years, the State of Michigan has placed more of an emphasis ...
Where is the Hospitality in Your Library? (expanded presentation for Central Michigan University, September 2012)
(2012-09-24)
Presentation given to the staff at the Central Michigan University (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan) library on Monday September 24, 2012 by Corey Seeman. This is yet another more expanded version of the presentation given elsewhere. ...
Change, Crisis & Counting: Thoughts on Library Assessment in Fluid Times
(2020-11-04)
Abstract - offers the perspective of a library leader who dramatically transformed a full-service library with a 70,000 volume collection to one that is almost completely digital in 2013-14. What kind of data has Corey ...
Business Librarians - Serving the Public at Large
(2012-04-27)
As librarians, more often than not, we are thrust into situations where we know little, and are expected to come back with the perfect catch of the day. Business research waters are murky, but take heart; you are not alone! ...
Getting in on the Conversation: Implementing and Leveraging Embedded Librarianship
(2017-08-29)
Three panelists from the University of Michigan share their strategies for leveraging embedded librarianship, including “don’t wait for the invitation: crash the party,” “forget the elevator speech: focus on troubleshooting,” ...
Using Your Library’s Annual Report to Market Library Services
(2011-11-01)
In this session, I will discuss how the annual report can be an important element in a library’s marketing program rather than a chore that needs to be accomplished each year. While not every library produces an annual ...
Critical Business Collections: Examining Key Issues Using a Social Justice Lens
(2017-11-08)
All academic librarians perform a balancing act between the needs of patrons, licensing restrictions, and the missions of our libraries. As part of the work to develop our campus collections, academic business librarians ...
Making Sense of Business Reference
(2010-05-07)
Do you wish you felt more confident when faced with a business reference question? Come away from this conference session ready to test out some new sources and strategies for tackling questions on companies, industries, ...