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Item Center Stage: Performing a Needs Assessment of Campus Research Centers and Institutes(2017-04) Malone, Andrea; Martin, Lisa; Peters, Christie; Turner, Cherie; Vaughn, PorciaOutreach to research centers and institutes is often overlooked in academic libraries. This article discusses a needs assessment conducted by the Liaison Services Department at the University of Houston Libraries that reviewed library services to centers and institutes at the University of Houston’s main campus. The assessment was conducted for two purposes: to build collaborations with centers and to determine how the libraries might create new services and/or market existing services to meet the centers and institutes’ growing research needs.Item Intranet 2.0 from a Project Management Perspective(Taylor & Francis, 2010) Vacek, Rachel; Sharpe, PaulLibrary intranets require flexibility and efficiency and enhance the internal communication and collaborative nature of creating and organizing the institution's information. At the University of Houston Libraries, the focus was on public services, so little attention was given to the intranet—the tool every department relied on for quick access to their content. Text-heavy, static Web pages with poor organization and outdated information made the site unusable. In 2008, the University of Houston Libraries assembled a team to begin the considerable task of redesigning the intranet with Drupal, a popular open source content management system that would allow for interactive information sharing, user-centered design, and new ways of collaboration. This article outlines on the overall project management of the intranet redesign process, including methods used for collecting staff feedback, evaluating existing and potential content, creating a new information architecture focused on departments and committees, establishing new internal communication channels, creating staff enthusiasm and buy-in, and training the entire library staff.Item Library Residents on the Bleeding Edge: Delivering Value through Innovation, Leadership, and Inclusion(2015-03-26) Santiago, Ariana; Arnold-Garza, Sara; Linares, RosalindaThis poster highlights cutting-edge projects produced by current and former residency librarians. Projects will illustrate the pillars of a residency experience: the role of the residency librarian as a catalyst for innovation, the importance of leadership skills for imagining and executing work in new areas of academic librarianship, and the value of a diversity perspective to sustaining programs and services that support the variety of campus communities.Item Streamlining Data for Cross-Platform Web Delivery(Taylor & Francis, 2013) Watkins, Sean; Battles, Jason; Vacek, RachelSmartphone users expect the presentation of Web sites on their mobile browsers to look and feel like native applications. With the pressure on library Web developers to produce app-like mobile sites, there is often a rush to get a site up without considering the importance of reusing or even restructuring the data driving the Web sites. An additional challenge is the content maintenance required of any Web site, regardless of platform, underscoring the advantage of pulling content from other systems to decrease redundancy. This article highlights case studies from two large research universities, examines how each one is streamlining its data for multiple Web-based platforms, and discusses how to work toward making data more flexible so content is delivered from single source points rather than duplicated on individual delivery platforms.Item Together we do more(2018-04-04) German, Lisa; Russell, ClaraA description of the Fort Bend County Library System and the University of Houston Libraries partnership to create the Fort Bend County Library University Branch in Sugarland, TX. This was presented at the Texas Library Association 2018 Annual Conference.