2. Project Web
• Think of a project, event, or task you worked on in the
past or are currently working on.
• Who do you need to collaborate with to get the project
completed and what is their role.
• Use the graphic organizer below to demonstrate the
collaboration.
3. Success from Collaboration
• Why this presentation?
• Often when collaboration is written or spoken about in
libraries it involves units outside the library
• This is to remind everyone that great things can be
accomplished by working within the library regardless of
many other obstacles
4. Definition
• working together
• the act of helping an enemy
collaboration. (2004). In Dictionary of Politics
and Government. Retrieved from
http://literati.credoreference.com
5. A quick history
• Post Katrina, the original library structure has been
uninhabitable
• Since Katrina the library and it’s staff have occupied:
o 1 trailer
o 1 trailer and a ¼ of a trailer
o 3 trailers
o 1 room and a closet
o 1 room and a closet and a semi-permanent home
6. Changes post Katrina
• There were retirements
• There were budget cuts
• There was new staff
• Trailer or not we had big plans
• We knew what we needed to do
• We just needed to make it happen
7. Always the optimists
• Understaffed
• Day to day library operations are tiring and time
consuming
• We had 3 trailers, finally some space
• We still had big ideas and plans
• We had great intentions
THEN
8. We are not feeling so well
• For several months there were health complaints
• Eventually there was testing
• MOLD
• All the trailers except 1 needed remediation
9. Homeless
• The Director, the System Administrator and the Public
Services staff were homeless
• Where could we go?
• Our only option: 1 room and a closet
10. One room and a closet
• The Director, the Systems Administrator and the Public
Services staff moved in with Tech Services
• We all shared 1 room and a closet
• We brought our Reserve Collection with us and that was
it
• We had very limited space for students
• Most of us worked at lab tables BUT we finally had the
staff in the same place and the time to communicate with
one another
11. Separated by a Wall
• Being a cataloger and a computer person we kind of
spoke the same language
• Somehow in a conversation we discussed how bad the
user data was in Workflows and how we used to do user
loads when we had a friend in IT
• And then…
12.
13. User Load Magic
• Together we looked at the LOUIS documentation on how
to do a user load
• Parts of it was gibberish to each of us
• Collectively we were able to make sense of it
• We did a test load and then a real load
• It was…
15. Continued Success
• We realized there were many more things we could
change for the better
• A listserv discussion on Shibboleth
passwords, EZproxy…..
16. Crawl, Walk, Run….!
• 4 Database logins existed based on the provider
• A monthly brochure was emailed to faculty, staff and
students with access information
• A student intranet was created to provide
anytime, anywhere access to logon information
• With the implementation of EZproxy, a single logon was
created!
17. Power of the Web
• Collaboration promoted the design and development of a
Library website
• Collaboration led to an understanding of the goals and
objectives of the library
• The new site provided both information and interactivity
22. LLA Conference Collaboration
• Webex made it possible to collaborate on this
presentation with sound, video and document sharing
23. Collaboration tools
• Since everything is always changing
• Don’t forget these tools:
o Google Docs
o Free trial uses of software such as webex
o Meebo/Instant Message software
o Your colleagues
24. Lets hear from you
• Does anyone want to share your project web?
• Questions?
25. Contact us:
Rosalind T. Chester
Web Manager / Multimedia Specialist
School of Liberal Arts
Tulane University
102 Newcomb Hall
New Orleans, LA 70118
504.862.3044
rchester@tulane.edu
Laurie Gaillard
Catalog Librarian
Southern University at New Orleans
6400 Press Drive
New Orleans, LA 70126
504-286-5364
lgaillar@suno.edu
Jacquie Keleher
Reference Librarian
Southern University at New Orleans
6400 Press Drive
New Orleans, LA 70126
504-286-5365
jkeleher@suno.edu
