Keywords
library organization structure, metadata, information technology
Abstract
A reorganization of the Brigham Young University Library in 2020 brought many changes to the library, including the formation of the Metadata and Information Technology (MIT) Division. This new division needed to define a vision for itself, encourage a sense of unity among its employees, and foster collaboration among those employees. This article details how the MIT Division created a Data and Discovery initiative based on the Pumps and Pipes collaboration model, a model which brings seemingly unrelated industries together to discover solutions to their respective challenges by exploring “their neighbor’s toolbox” (Pumps and Pipes, n.d., “What We Do”). Here we share the details of many of the MIT Division’s collaboration and unity initiatives, including MIT’s vision for how employees can come together to use the tools employed by other departments within the library.
Original Publication Citation
Myntti, J., & McMillan, M. (2024). From Pumps and Pipes to Data and Discovery: Unifying a New Division. Library Leadership & Management, 37(4). https://doi.org/10.5860/llm.v37i4.7587
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Myntti, Jeremy and McMillan, Megan, "From Pumps and Pipes to Data and Discovery: Unifying a New Division" (2024). Faculty Publications. 7173.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/7173
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2024-04-15
Publisher
Library Leadership & Management
Language
English
College
Harold B. Lee Library
Copyright Status
Copyright (c) 2024. Jeremy Myntti, Megan McMillan. Creative Commons License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in Library Leadership & Management.
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