OU PPT Humanties

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The Bill Robertson Library

• Collaborating without Casualties
• Cate Wartho

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The BRL A Brief History

• Joint library of The Dunedin College of Education
  and Otago Polytechnic
• The Merger
• University of Otago Education Branch Library
• Transitional Issues

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A Whole New Family

• Old College of Education staff
• Otago University Education faculty staff
• Otago University students
• Otago University library staff
• Otago Polytechnic staff and students

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Where do we start?

• Collaboration!!!! Good Idea!
• How?
• With whom?
• When?
• Where?
• What exactly is collaboration again?

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Collaborate

• \k?-'la-b?-?rat\
• collaboratus, past participle of collaborare to
  labor together, from Latin com- laborare to
  labor
• 1  to work jointly with others or together
  especially in an intellectual endeavor
• 2  to cooperate with or willingly assist an
  enemy of one's country and especially an
  occupying force
• 3  to cooperate with an agency or
  instrumentality with which one is not immediately
  connected
• Merriam Webster Online Dictionary 2007

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Collaboration

• a structured, recursive process where two or more
  people work together toward a common goal -
  typically an intellectual endeavour that is
  creative in nature - by sharing knowledge,
  learning and building consensus.
• Encyclopedia Brittanica Online 2007

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Some Successful Models of Collaboration.
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Some Successful Models of Collaboration.
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Some Successful Models of Collaboration.
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Some Successful Models of Collaboration.
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BRL Example
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There has to be a better way!

• Design a new dual student computer system!
• Equity
• Ease of use
• Transparent
• Cost effective

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Where to start???

• Meetings, Meetings, Meetings
• Emails (x1,987)
• Phonecalls (numerous)
• Coffee
• Wine

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Factors to recognize

• Different institutions have different cultures
• Different management styles
• Fear of loss of identity
• Essential to build trust

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Dealing with The Corporate Salute!

• Where are we at?
• Whos doing what?
• Placing blame (not a good idea)

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We did it!
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Lessons Learned Donts

• Dont give up!
• Dont be impatient
• Dont be too patient either
• Dont be shy
• Dont point the finger
• Dont lose track
• Dont ignore concerns

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Lessons Learned - Dos

• Stick to your guns
• Have the courage to speak up
• Persevere
• Negotiate
• Plan well
• Write everything down
• Communicate!!!!
• Recognize, Respect and accept different
  institutional cultures

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Lessons Learned Dos contd..

• Congratulate
• Trust
• Face to Face when possible (initially)
• Learn from others
• Rotate meeting venues
• Accept when a solution is not working
• Publicly acknowledge
• Diplomacy
• Celebrate!!!

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Two heads are better than One (or in our case
17 heads)
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