ER&L 2018: Full Schedule

4:00pm CST

S032: Work Alienation Across the Library: A Marxist Take on Library Management

Feeling overloaded, burned out, or just plain frustrated at the system? You may be experiencing work alienation. This presentation investigates this increasingly common phenomenon in academic libraries, its occurence in technical services, and implications for library management using the author's original research on the topic.

**A pre-session survey is open now. This survey will inform this presentation and you are encouraged to complete the survey.

Speakers

Zorian Sasyk

E-Resource and Discovery Librarian, Metro State University

Zorian M. Sasyk is the Electronic Resource and Discovery Librarian at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He has worked in library electronic resource management roles for over 6 years, including resource activation, overseeing resource troubleshooting, discovery... Read More →

Monday March 5, 2018 4:00pm - 4:45pm CST
Room 301

3. Organizational Strategies

Online Conference Recorded
Keywords Organizational Change, Technical Services, Work Alienation
Audience Level Foundational

3:15pm CST

S073: Redesigning Technical Services to Meet Today’s Patron’s Needs

Implementing a next-gen library system gives library staff opportunities to assess technical services processes with an eye towards patron needs and more effective use of resources. We will explore how an academic library at a public institution is developing internal staff for a whole new way to run tech services.

Speakers

Katy Aronoff

Director, Solution Consulting, Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate

Katy Aronoff is director of solutions architecture for Ex Libris, running the pre-sales team for North America and conducting product demonstrations and workshops at libraries across the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Ex Libris. Prior to joining Ex Libris, she worked... Read More →

Katie Gohn

Head, Collection Services, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Charlie Remy

Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Tuesday March 6, 2018 3:15pm - 4:00pm CST
Salon 6