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Collaborative Clusters: Rethinking User Needs and Breaking Down Barriers

University of North Texas Libraries established an innovative centralized system designed to increase transparency, evidence-based decision-making, and user-centeredness. A series of internal focus groups have revealed that traditional structures continue to silo and homogenize collections. How can libraries better design electronic collections to serve the needs of underserved users? It was presented at the Electronic Resources & Libraries conference held on March 8-11, 2021.

Date: March 10, 2021

Creator: Dawson, Jill & Crawford, Laurel

Cultivating Cooperation: Creating the Vendor Reciprocity Scale

Presentation on the development of a Vendor Reciprocity Scale (VRS) by the University of North Texas Libraries as a way to download institutional knowledge of patterns of vendor behavior, and the presentation encouraged thoughtful and productive discussion on our collective knowledge surrounding best practices in business partnerships and negotiations as a way to help refine the VRS.

Date: November 8, 2023

Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson; Dawson, Jill; Peebles, Emily & Sterling, Jennifer

From Originating to Onboarding: Improving the Hiring Experience

Presentation on the hiring process in an academic library from the perspective of the search committee chair and the hired candidate. It includes: drafting a job advertisement, recruiting, candidate review, interviews, making the offer, and onboarding. It was presented at the 2022 Amigos Member Conference that was held virtually on May 11, 2022.

Date: May 11, 2022

Creator: Rodriguez, Allyson & Brannon, Sian

Library Collection Development: Core Principles, Key Approaches, & Best Practices

This presentation provides an overview of collection development practices. It includes information about the core principles of collection development, ethics, and key approaches to developing a library's collection.

Date: January 26, 2022

Creator: Crawford, Laurel

Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative

Presentation with speakers' notes describing the Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative at the University of North Texas Libraries. This initiative uses findings documented in recent studies addressing information seeking behaviors of transgender persons and their perceptions of the library to provide more equitable access to their services and collections. The presentation shares the needs assessment, collection development process, promotion and outreach, and next steps related to this initiat… more

Date: July 23, 2021

Creator: Condrey, Coby & Leuzinger, Julie