Location
Thad Cochran Center 218
Presentation Type
Concurrent Session
Start Date
27-4-2018 1:00 PM
Description
This session will review noteworthy findings of a survey designed to assess institutional repository (IR) management and staffing approaches among a selection of mid-size public universities. Following the realignment of job responsibilities within the library, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga recently adopted a decentralized model of oversight and management of its IR that divides responsibilities among four librarians and archivists across multiple departments. While this model has proven functional, the arrangement prompted an investigation into the IR management and staffing strategies of other academic libraries. The session will conclude with a guided discussion of approaches to staffing IRs.
Unorthodox Approaches to Staffing an Institutional Repository
Thad Cochran Center 218
This session will review noteworthy findings of a survey designed to assess institutional repository (IR) management and staffing approaches among a selection of mid-size public universities. Following the realignment of job responsibilities within the library, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga recently adopted a decentralized model of oversight and management of its IR that divides responsibilities among four librarians and archivists across multiple departments. While this model has proven functional, the arrangement prompted an investigation into the IR management and staffing strategies of other academic libraries. The session will conclude with a guided discussion of approaches to staffing IRs.
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Noah Lasley is the University Archivist at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he works to acquire, arrange, and describe official University records and other materials of value for documenting the history and functions of the university. His research interests include digital humanities, digital curation, and archival instruction. Noah holds an M.S. in Information Science and a B.A. in History from the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Prior to joining UTC in July of 2016, he worked for several units of the library at his alma mater including the Modern Political Archives, the Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project, and the Digital Production Area.
Carolyn Runyon is the Assistant Head of Collection Services and Director of Special Collections at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where she is responsible for the oversight and management of the University’s institutional repository, UTC Scholar. She is responsible for supervising and assessing data management and scholarly communication services, as well as providing leadership and vision for the Library's digital repositories.