Building community: Synergy and empowerment through staff development and marketing in a small rural academic library

• Main Author: WILKES, Bethany Anne
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: empowerment; paraprofessional staff; staff development; marketing; committee; university library; Information Literacy; Library and Information Science; Organization Development
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/library_research/161; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=library_research
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper presents two collaborative programs at a small academic library that leverage the insights, engagement, and interests of our most important asset: our staff. Two new library committees, the Staff Training Advisory Group and the Marketing Team, extended planning, accountability, and partne...