Involving Consultants in Library Change

Effective Use of Library Consultants

ALLINSTITUTIONSMUST RESPOND to environmental pressures, and libraries are no exception. In the last few years libraries have experienced severe erosion in purchasing power at a time when budgets are becoming tighter, the demands for service are becoming louder and more articulate, and the world of publication is redesigning the way information is made available. In general, libraries must do mo...

Internal Consultants as Agents of Change

How lead consultants approach educational change in postgraduate medical education.

CONTEXT   Consultants in charge of postgraduate medical education (PGME) in hospital departments ('lead consultants') are responsible for the implementation of educational change. Although difficulties in innovating in medical education are described in the literature, little is known about how lead consultants approach educational change. OBJECTIVES   This study was conducted to explore lead...

Consultants.

Americo Abbruzzese Herbert L. Abrams Stanley J. Adelstein Milton H. Alper William A. Altemeir Alan G. Birtch Bruce R. Brener John R. Brooks Hathorn P. Brown Theodore Colton Oliver Cope Nathan P. Couch Chilton Crane Gustave J. Dammin Donald P. Dressler J. Englebert Dunphy Richard W. Dwight Robert M. Filler William P. Grigsby Richard E. Hicks David Littmann Emmanuel Mannarino William V. McDermott...

Space planning: a renovation saga involving library users.

From 2010 to 2012, librarians at the University of Florida Health Science Center Library (HSCL) used an online survey and focus groups to gather user input on preferences for an ideal library space. User input guided the HSCL's renovation plans and put a clear focus on enhancing technology, improving infrastructure, enabling group collaboration, and creating comfortable spaces. Additional commu...