Effective Project Management for Technical Services Melissa Brooks and Angie Maranville West Virginia University Libraries
Technical Services prior to Summer 2015
Department Structure Monographic Acquisitions and Cataloging (MAC) Continuing Resources Acquisitions and Cataloging (CRAC) Periodicals (Separate Dept.) Gov. Docs. (Group under Research Services) Evansdale Technical Services (Music and Periodicals Cataloging) Digital Projects (Committee)
Systems Utilized Voyager (OPAC) Serial Solutions Metadata Form Creation System (MFCS) – Digital Projects
Problems with this structure Multiple locations Local Practice/Consistency Communication between Tech Services Staff
Technical Services became KARM! (Knowledge Access and Resource Management)
KARM Units Ordering and Receiving Metadata Services Electronic Resources KARM Support (Data wranglers, etc.)
System Changes OCLC’s WorldShare Management Service (WMS) MFCS (Metadata Form Creation System) ArchivesSpace
Challenges! OCLC’s WorldShare Management Service (WMS) MFCS Master record use Metadata transfer MFCS No OAI-PMH harvesting allowed ArchivesSpace No authority control or URLs
Metadata Services – Scope of Work Migration Projects Digital Projects Database Maintenance Projects Original Cataloging (It still happens) Staff Trainings
Project Pre-Prioritization Written Up Completed quickly Ample staffing
The Problem Staffing losses All projects not created equal How do we prioritize?
Prioritization
Initial Steps Created project descriptions Listed stakeholders Reviewed project process
Project Review Process WVU Libraries Systems Development Department Stakeholder voting Feasibility ranking Ranking system Project plotting
Graph View
Presenting Project to Stakeholders Email invitations Project write-up Ranking system explanation Meeting time Request to rank selections
Project Write-Up for Stakeholders Elements Project Type Description Project Outcome Stakeholder Ranking Feasibility Scale (Deleted for Final Copy)
The Drop-In Meeting 1 Stakeholder Ranking Confusion Incomplete picture of need
Reflection Completed via email? Individual meetings? Appropriate stakeholders? Additional stakeholders? Confusing process? What do you think?
Thank You! Questions?
Contact Information Melissa Brooks Melissa.Brooks@mail.wvu.edu Angie Maranville Angela.Maranville@mail.wvu.edu