In academia, the library can be considered the heart and soul of the campus as well as instrumental to the curricula and course design for teaching and learning. How is t[...]

In academia, the library can be considered the heart and soul of the campus as well as instrumental to the curricula and course design for teaching and learning. How is t[...]

This paper will give an overview of the inception of open access journal production and support at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, with a focus on the Jou[...]

Slides from a presentation given May 26, 2020 at the 12th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference, held virtually from Spain.

The seeds of innovation are changing how libraries use their space and plan for future remodels, renovations or expansions, especially post-COVID. Examples of this range [...]

Slides from a presentation given June 14, 2022 at the 42nd Annual International Association of University Libraries Conference in Miami, FL. This presentation shares a ca[...]

Presentation given at the Association of North Carolina Health and Science Libraries (ANCHASL) 2011 Fall Meeting. Michael Crumpton (2011). Assessment Data for Making Thos[...]

Slides from a presentation about data visualization and adding it to LIS curricula given at the Lilly Conference in Austin, TX in January 2018.

Every April since 1958, the American Library Association has celebrated library workers across the country during National Library Week. This year, we celebrate library w[...]

Collaboration between faculty, faculty practitioners, and practitioners enhances teaching and research opportunities, provides more hands-on learning opportunities, and i[...]

Slides from a presentation on open access journal publishing, Open Educational Resources (OERs), and the Journal of Learning Spaces. Delivered October 5, 2018 at the Cons[...]

Purpose – This paper aims to highlight the need to have present-day operational efficiencies in preparing organizations for the future. Design/methodology/approach – The [...]

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to suggest that a benefit-cost analysis should be performed for mentoring activities so as to justify the effort and expense and a[...]

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance of having a chain of command strategy, in particular with staff repurposing activities. Design/methodolog[...]

A central message in the Harry Potter series is choice and how Harry's choices defined who he was and helped him navigate good from evil, right from wrong and where his l[...]

Professionals in all walks of life must find their way and navigate through the political, bureaucratic, and sometimes actively difficult parts of a professional career. [...]

Ed Catmull wrote in his foreword to the book Humor, Seriously, that serious work needs to be punctuated by levity (Catmull 2021). Catmull, one of the founders of Pixar, t[...]

Slides from a presentation delivered virtually February 25, 2021 for the NC Live Leadership Series with NCLA LAMS.

The seeds of innovation are changing how libraries use their space and plan for future remodels, renovations or expansions. Common examples of this could be converting sp[...]

Slides from a presentation delivered on January 18, 2017 at the ALISE Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Co-presented by Michael Crumpton and Nora Bird.

Purpose – This case study aims to outline the activities related to a project to create a foundation for the libraries' social media activities and determine return on in[...]

Slides presented at the Lilly Conference in Asheville on August 1, 2016. Lilly Conferences have provided opportunities for the presentation of the scholarship of teaching[...]

This paper was presented on August 13, 2014 for the Satellite Conference by IFLA Library Theory and Research Section in Turin, Italy. This is part of the IFLA 2014 confer[...]

Purpose – The purpose of the this article is to address the issue of bullying within an organizational environment related to workplace conflict, which has not been typic[...]

Collaboration between faculty, faculty practitioners, and practitioners enhances teaching and research opportunities, provides more hands-on learning opportunities, and i[...]