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Project management is used increasingly in the information and library sector (ILS) as an effective approach for: developing new initiatives to improve service delivery; achieving goals within a framework of public sector management; managing change within information related organizations.
These learning objects have been developed as an ILS commissioned project for the Higher Education Agency. They provide concise introductions to project management set within the context of the information and library sector. Their purpose is not to replicate the wide range of literature and web resources on project management, but to provide useful content and case studies suitable for use with students on ILS professional educational courses. These resources can also be used for staff training within ILS organizations and can be adapted by trainers and educators to fit the user group.
The learning objects have been created by Barbara Chivers, an independent writer and formerly a Senior Lecturer and MSc Tutor on ILS courses at Birmingham City University previously UCE Birmingham. The case studies have been created from information provided by ILS professionals, based on projects in a range of organizations. These case studies can be used by tutors to stimulate ideas and activities for discussion and learning.
These learning objects consist of 3 Word files:
Title: Teaching Project Management
Creator: Barbara Chivers
Short description: This document provides an introduction and overview of the learning objects on project management. It is aimed at educators and trainers and offers ideas for teaching project management on ILS courses in higher education. A module outline is provided, plus suggestions for how students could work on group projects. There are also suggestions for assignments and assessing project work. However, all of these ideas could be used and adapted for training events.
Date: 2008
Format: Microsoft Word
Download Teaching Project Management (MS Word Doc)
Title: Project Management Overview
Creator: Barbara Chivers
Short description: This document provides a brief overview of project management. It does not offer detailed descriptions of how to work on projects but provides a context for ILS projects and signposts to more detailed resources. The reasons and benefits for using project management are explored. Several staged approaches are outlined to encourage students to consider a model most useful for their own experiences. Finally, the essential skills for managing projects are discussed briefly. This document could be used as the content for a short course or as an introductory session on a longer teaching module.
Date: 2008
Format: Microsoft Word
Download Project Management Overview (MS Word Doc)
Title: Case Studies for Project Management
Creator: Barbara Chivers
Short description: These case studies have been created from real ILS project situations in public and academic libraries. Professional librarians were provided with a template for creating the project details which have been summarized within the template headings for ease of comparison. All projects are unique and some fit the template headings better than others. However, although they have been adapted to form a narrative, the aim has been to retain the unique nature of each project. The template is included at the end of the file.
Titles of these case studies are listed alphabetically below:
Date: 2008
Format: Microsoft Word
Download Case Studies for Project Management (MS Word Doc)
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