Celebrating 300 Episodes of The Authority File: Library Management and Leadership—The Practical and the Personal

This group of episodes highlights strategic planning and decision-making of library leadership

Posted on December 26, 2022 in Blog

To celebrate The Authority File reaching 300 episodes, the Choice team put together several lists highlighting key episodes and topics. This list looks at the personal and practical side of library leadership. Our guests chat about building faculty partnerships, effective library marketing plans, the pitfalls of vocational awe, and more. Enjoy!

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Episode 264: Spotlighting Academic Library Innovation: How to Build Partnerships, Make Time, and Build on Success

Our guests come together to reflect on the evolution and outcomes of their library ventures, offering key takeaways and guidance how to create new library innovations, in addition to thoughts on time management, burnout, and new opportunities that emerged because of their work. Read more and listen here.

Episode 66: Marketing Academic Libraries: Defining Marketing and Outreach

The Authority File presents a panel Bill moderated at the Charleston Conference called, “Marketing Academic Library Resources and Services: How Marketing and Outreach Support a Library’s Value Proposition—and an Analysis of Current Practices.” The panel covered the current state of marketing and outreach activities at libraries and what these initiatives look like at different types of institutions. Read more and listen here.

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Episode 28: Financial Management in Academic Libraries: Managing a Budget and Reporting

How do institutional procurement policies impact spending? When is leasing a good option for libraries? When is buying? What parts of the budget should be allocated on a nine-month versus a twelve-month cycle? Read more and listen here.

Episode 91: A Conversation with Fobazi Ettarh: Vocational Awe in Academic Librarianship

Though it may seem counter-intuitive that assuming a library is “inherently good” can lead to unproductive ends, Fobazi Ettarh makes the case for examining the history of libraries and the stories told about them in order to understand why librarians are asked to feel inspired by their jobs, and how that inspiration isn’t always best for the librarian or the patron. Read more and listen here.

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Episode 150: Academic Librarianship in the Age of COVID: Finding Solutions

Being an academic librarian during a global pandemic means rolling with the punches. Whether it be budget cuts or temperature checks, librarians are adjusting in real time to the rapid changes needed to support to virtual learning. Read more and listen here.

Episode 51: A First-Year Experience Toolbox: Information Literacy, FYE, and Collaboration in Practice

Learn how Bryant University integrated information literacy into its list of five things that differentiate a Bryant education, and how that led the library into developing both a summer bridge course and four courses designed to teach the differentiators. Read more and listen here.

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Episode 279: Understanding the Undergraduate Workflow: Library and Faculty Partnerships

Our guests discuss how faculty and librarians can partner for heightened student engagement, highlighting the significance of librarians embedding themselves into the curriculum to support every step of a student’s academic journey. Read more and listen here.

Episode 163: The COVID-19 Fall Semester: Building a Plan

Miraculously, the end of the fall semester fast approaches. But before looking to spring, academic librarians will have to reflect on the past few months. With a full semester amidst a pandemic under their belts, what worked and what didn’t? Read more and listen here.

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Episode 290: Practical Marketing for the Academic Library: Introductions, Definitions, and Context

Marketing—whether volunteer-based or through designated staff—is an essential component of the modern library. Informing students of resources, aiding faculty with curriculum goals, and demonstrating impact to administration all fall within the scope of library marketing. Beyond reaching these groups, marketing allows library staff to reassess offerings, improve services, and better understand patron needs. Read more and listen here.

Episode 92: Showing Library ROI with Data: Value in Academic Libraries

What’s the difference between value and ROI, and which should an academic library be reporting? Are there best practices for making a case with data? What are the limits of library data, and how can publishers help push beyond those limits? Read more and listen here.

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