The Unified Organization: Fighting the Silo Tendency

Date: June 20, 2013

Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET (UTC-4); convert to your time zone

Host: Malcolm Brown, Director, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative

Speaker: David Grainger Wedaman, Director for Outreach, Library and Technology Services, Brandeis University

Summary

Abraham Lincoln said it well: "A house divided against itself cannot stand." We all know that there is strength in unity, and yet all too often, IT and library staff operate in silos within silos. Concentric walls seem to form around our functional areas, our organization, and our campus, making it hard to develop the kind of cross-functional relationships we need to build responsive organizations in an age of change. This lively presentation, revised and updated from a popular session at the NERCOMP 2013 conference, will discuss both theoretical and practical approaches to moving toward a more collaborative culture. Learn how three different institutions are addressing this shared problem.

EDUCAUSE Resources

• Culture, Collaboration, and Context: Forging Strategic Library/IT Partnerships in Times of Change, EDUCAUSE Annual 2011.
• Library/IT Partnerships Constituent Group

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