holding the stakeholders together: the women’s library moves to lse
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Holding the stakeholders together: The Women’s Library moves to LSE. Liz Chapman Director of Library Services London School of Economics and Political Science. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 /. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Holding the stakeholders together: The Women’s Library moves to LSE
Liz ChapmanDirector of Library Services
London School of Economics and Political Science
5 June 2013
Past Forward! Yale
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Bringing collections together: from Wash House to Workhouse
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Building the case: inside
Internal politics: seeking support
• Library staff• Academic staff• Students• Estates / Finance / Human Resources• LSE Director(s) and Management Team• LSE Committees• LSE Council
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Building the case: inside out
Writing the Bid
• Library bid writers• LSE Fundraisers• LSE Estates / Finance / H.R.• The Friends of the Women’s Library• The staff of the Women’s Library• Prominent depositors• The Bid adjudicators• Personal contacts
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Eyes on the prize
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George Bernard Shaw photographs a Suffragette rally, 1909
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/shaw/exhibition.aspx
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Building the case: outsidePublic politics : moving into a different league
• Professional organizations• Public funders
– Heritage Lottery Fund (existing relationship)– Arts Council– The National Archives– Higher Education Council for England (HEFCE)
• Competition– Colleagues and competitors
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Defending the case: outsidePublic protest: Kidnap or rescue?
– Media campaign – Women’s Groups– Local Councillors– Members of Parliament– Depositors– Researchers– Protestors– Friends
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Keeping going: patience is a virtue but so is persistence with
passion
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Politics: internal and external• Internal politics
– Space issues in the Library– Building snags– Leverage for space– Holding back the academics
• External politics– Communications– Messages– Publishers are circling– Restraining the researchers
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What have we learned?• Pre-existing profile
– TWL Collection high profile– LSE Collection low profile– Close links previously undiscovered
• Over-sensitivity to protest– Alumni engaged– Professional Colleagues supportive– Effect on fundraising
• We are not lawyers– But we are professionals
Talk, email, write, meet, tour, talk, email, meet, tour, talk
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Staff as Stakeholders
• Engaging staff in the project– Project Board, Team, Manager and more
• Bringing TWL staff to LSE• Keeping staff onside• Innovation to support the project• Project to support innovation• Reviewing and renewing practice
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Look for the Golden Thread
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Link the past and present
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http://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/exhibitions/emily-wilding-davison-centenary
Emily Wilding Davison Online Exhibition
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Looking to the future: we’re not finished yet but well underway
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