lauren pressley | my professional life, browsable

This session will discuss small-scale, localized repositories designed to help librarians share their work openly. The content held in these repositories can be reused in other contexts, can save library staff time, and can help the library better meet the needs of the users.

We will explore three repositories as examples of this type of model: LibGuides as a repository of modules, a library skills video-based toolkit, and a website designed to share teaching with technology strategies for information literacy instruction.

In the process of discussing these repositories, we will address a number of issues relevant to the LITA Forum Audience:

• E-learning for students via the Toolkit and LibGuides, for librarians via the Toolkit and the teaching with technology website
• The Toolkit was designed with technology on a budget in mind, as to contribute each library staff member needs access to software. It was also designed to encourage participation from staff who might typically be reluctant to use new technologies.
• This session will directly address anticipating change by discussing how all the repository content is modular, to be reused in new contexts as they arise.
• These repositories incorporate social software because they enable commenting, tagging, and user participation.
• Web design is incorporated into each repository via user-centered design and usability testing.
• Each of these repositories is a large project that requires technology management through project management. They each also applications that enable knowledge sharing.