ARLIS/NA 49th Annual Conference

Experiencing and navigating change is inevitable in any workplace environment. How change is implemented has a lasting impact on the success of specific initiatives and overall organizational effectiveness. Change as a collaborative process, either between colleagues or administrators and staff, is a strategy to improve organizational effectiveness and implementation of new services, resources, or staff responsibilities. In addition to examining current literature on leadership and change in the workplace, session presenters will share examples of collaborative change through the lens of their home institutions. The presentations provide examples of navigating change through different roles within the library from the perspective of both an administrator and a librarian. Following the presentations, session attendees will be invited to participate in small group discussion to explore strategies for navigating change as based on their home institutions.