Collaboration - Common Solutions Group
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Collaboration
Common Solutions
Group
May 10, 2002
Joan K. Lippincott
Coalition for Networked Information
Overview
Collaboration,
cooperation, and
exchange relationships
Types of IT/library collaboration
Improving collaboration
CNI: a collaborative organization
Sponsors
- EDUCAUSE and ARL
Programs
Working
Together
New Learning Communities
University Presses
Assessment
What does it mean?
Collaboration
Partnerships
Teamwork
Cooperation
Exchange
relationships
Exchange relationships
One
entity works for another
One unit sets goals and parameters
Another unit carries out work and
receives something in exchange
NOT collaboration
Collaboration
Mutual
goal-setting
Each unit contributes resources
Each entity or individual contributes
unique skills
Group and individual accountability
Both benefit from the product
Do you want to collaborate?
Requires
more time than
cooperation
Requires input of resources
Does not require merger
May result in a richer product
Collaboration
Promoting
Institutional goals
Need for skills
Pooling resources
Institutional
mindset
Hindering
Lack of admin.
Support
Stereotypes
Budgetary control
Silo mentality
Time
Examples of collaboration
Infrastructure/middleware
Services
Campus
information products
Policies
Education
and staff development
Digital content development
Facilities
Infrastructure/Middleware
Authentication
DRM
Metadata
Course
management systems
Security
Preservation
Assessment
Services
Information
commons
One stop shopping
Information/Help Desk
Reference/Consulting
Campus information products
Seamless
environments for student
services
Campus portals
“My University”
Policies
Intellectual
property
Privacy
Acceptable
behavior
Education and staff
development
Faculty
workshops
Student teaching/learning
Staff workshops
Digital content products
Digital
library projects
E-journals
Large databases
Institutional repositories
Facilities
Information
commons
Teaching,learning, technology
centers
Media centers
Development opportunities
Collaborative facilities
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~collab/
Improving collaborations
Communication
Group
composition
Group process
Communication
Spend
time developing a common
vision and shared meaning
Understand what each member of
the group does
Communication
Develop
a shared vocabulary
Focus on goals for the institution or
user community
Group composition
Rationale
for participation
Balance groups, committees, and
teams
Library/IT
Gender
Skill sets
Group process
Discuss
and develop a common
approach to the work process
Do librarians value discussion and
believe it’s important just to talk?
Do computing professionals want to
make quick decisions and get to
work?
Group process
Large
carrier ship vs. speedboat
“Meeting culture” vs. “Meetings are
anathema”
“Think it over carefully” vs. “Just
figure it out”
Successful collaborations
Shape
a common purpose
Agree on performance goals
Define a common working
approach
Develop complementary skills
Hold the group accountable
Katzenbach and Smith, 1993
Contact information
Joan Lippincott
[email protected]
www.cni.org