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S51 - From Ripples to Waves: How Decentralization Brought Greater Internal Collaboration and Patron Empowerment to the Oklahoma State University Libraries
Conference Track
3. Organizational Strategies
Learning Objectives
Following this session, participants will be able to evaluate the causes and effects of library decentralization and reorganization, discuss the strengths and weakness of the process and the outcomes, examine the product of increased inter-departmental collaboration to provide library services, and hypothesize the future of collaboration, electronic services, and resources offered to library patrons.
Abstract
Oklahoma State University has been undergoing a transformational reorganization, implementing several significant operational and organizational changes concentrated around electronic services and resources. OSU librarians representing Research and Learning Services, Outreach and Engagement, Digital and Technical Services, and Access Services will present on the ongoing changes and their impact.
Presenters
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2d196d286542788e3cff9fe0578f1601.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "A. Nicole Sump-Crethar, Oklahoma State University")
A. Nicole Sump-Crethar, Oklahoma State University
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/31b7e05b5e36dccae341de05bc2945d2.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Victor Baeza, Oklahoma State University")
Victor Baeza, Oklahoma State University
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8cefab785bacedf90d8d6b50e706667c.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Hui-Fen Chang, Oklahoma State University")
Hui-Fen Chang, Oklahoma State University
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b158b1456a739146c2e9464ba9dc578b.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Whitney Vitale, Oklahoma State University")