Optimizing "Future-Ready": Information, Curation, and Collaboration

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• Creators:
  Bicknell, Kenn
• Corporate Creators:
  Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• Corporate Contributors:
  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) ; National Transportation Knowledge Network (NTKN) (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Collection Development Digitization Guides To Information Information Management Knowledge Management Library Operations Strategic Planning
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1531001
• Resource Type:
  Presentations
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Los Angeles (California)
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Transportation Library
• Abstract:
  Kenn Bicknell, Manager of Policy, Research, and Library Services for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Research Library & Archive, discusses how the library works to be “future-ready”. The agency has expanded the mobility agenda while reducing resources for a library that serves a big community. With limited staff and budget, and an increase in data and knowledge, the Metro Library set priorities to maximize its resources. Bicknell describes how implementing strategic directions with core services supports sustainability in libraries. Transformative initiatives such as collecting, curating, and disseminating news related to L.A. transportation have resulted in collaborations with other libraries. Digitization of the collection and then promoting historical assets helped built a sense of community across many disciplines.
• Content Notes:
  Recording length: 58m 09s
• Format:
  MPEG
• Collection(s):
  Transportation Librarians Roundtable
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:99d7857d32dddfbc0e9ca6dc9a37a4e3e72d5a547f2237c5b9e04769a347e045575331b92fe9d707a5e89adc772afe33072a3a4ef06eb543fa0f13c6c24a7b3b
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75028/dot_75028_DS1.mp4
• File Type:
  [MP4 - 389.19 MB ]