Grow your Project Management Skills

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Join this e-Forum to discuss your successes, your not-so-successful endeavors, and to learn how to incorporate project management solutions to best fit your needs through all the stages of a project. Both those new to project management and seasoned PMs are invited to the conversation.

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Description: Interested in leading more effective meetings? Wish you could develop better communication in your department projects? Tired of having your project expand beyond its original purpose? Looking for a tool to help manage your projects? All these things and more are part of learning to manage your individual and collaborative projects to increase efficiency and transparency. Join this e-forum to discuss your successes, your not-so-successful endeavors, and to learn how to incorporate project management solutions to best fit your needs through all the stages of a project. Both those new to project management and seasoned PMs are invited to the conversation.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this e-Forum, attendees will be able to:

  • Apply project management techniques to day-to-day work;
  • Identify and communicate with stakeholders to effectively share project updates;
  • Discover helpful tools to manage projects; and
  • Connect with others in the library community interested in project management.

Who Should Attend: Anyone who is interested in this topic can benefit from this session and is welcome to participate.

Moderators:

Nicole Lewis is the Metadata Standards Librarian at the Brigham Young University Library. She is responsible for providing leadership and guidance on the development, analysis, and application of metadata schemes, and manages database and metadata cleanup projects. Prior to BYU, Nicole worked at the University of Utah and Backstage Library Works. She has an MLIS from the University of Alabama and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Timothy Provenzano is the Digital Initiatives Librarian at Arizona State University Libraries, and the co-chair of the Core Project Management Interest Group. He has worked at ASU since 2018, and has worked as a Project Manager in several roles within higher education, including administering a First in the World Grant from the US Department of Education. He has a BA in Philosophy from Arizona State University, an MA from the University of Arizona, and an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. His research interests include the organization of digital collections in repositories and linked data in archives.

Kelly Sattler is the Project Manager for the Libraries Strategic Projects, Michigan State University, and currently the co-chair of the Core Project Management Interest Group. Kelly has worked at Michigan State for 18 years. The first 15 as Head of the Web Services Unit managing the Libraries’ website. Prior to working at MSU, Kelly worked for Exelon in their IT department. She has a BS in Computer Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering and an MLIS from UIUC. She’s volunteered in many roles within Core and LITA over the past 18 years. She’s also a member of the 91´«Ã½ Biblioquilters. Like many librarians, she loves cats and drinking tea.

How to Participate:

e-Forums are two-day, moderated, electronic discussion forums that provide an opportunity for librarians and library professionals to discuss matters of interest on an email discussion list. These discussions are free and available to anyone who wishes to subscribe to the email list.

To participate, subscribe to the list by sending an email to core-eforum+subscribe@groups.io. Your message can be empty. Your request will be approved within 1-2 business days. You will receive a welcome email from groups.io with instructions on how to create a user account to manage your notification settings.

If you have question, need assistance, or would like to propose an e-Forum topic, please write to core-eforum+help@groups.io.

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