After more than a year of collaborative planning, visioning and modeling, the New Brunswick Libraries have launched our new organizational structure. Three departments—Experience, Learning & Engagement, and Research & Content—were created to focus our efforts, amplify our voices, and align our work more closely with organizational priorities.
Within the departments, ten teams (listed below) have been tasked with identifying opportunities for shared work and setting goals. All teams include faculty and staff in an effort to create a sense of shared purpose and to improve communication. The teams will focus on local needs but will also coordinate work with other Libraries units, committees and groups to ensure we are working effectively within and across the system.
Departments and Teams
Experience Department (Melissa Just, department head)
- Service Points Team
Learning & Engagement Department (Melissa Gasparotto, department head)
- Instruction & Information Literacy Team
- Undergraduate Experience Team
- Global Experience Team
Research & Content Department (Ryan Womack, department head)
- Content Team
- Graduate and Faculty Services Team
- Research Collaborations Team
- Research Data Outreach Team
- Scholarly Communication & Open Access Team
- Research Spaces Team
The New Brunswick Libraries Steering Team sets the overall priorities for the unit and facilitates communication across departments and teams. Membership includes the NBL director, the department heads, the chair of the NBL faculty (Karen Hartman) and a staff representative (Meghan Lord). Two immediate projects of the steering team include setting up NBL ALL meetings to launch the work of the teams, and identifying a mechanism for sharing documents, progress reports and other information.
Stay tuned for future Agenda articles from NBL departments and teams as our work gets underway!
