Kirsten Clark, "Practical Project Management for Librarians" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

About this episode

Kirsten Clark discusses effective project management strategies for librarians to enhance user experience while navigating budget constraints.

Librarians continue to work under budget constraints while still needing to increase the user experience and remove barriers to library resources. Learning to evaluate the best options for managing projects to accomplish goals while balancing with the reality of day-to-day work needs is integral to overall success.In Practical Project Management for Librarians (Bloomsbury, 2025), Kirsten Clark takes readers through the process of learning how to balance the goals of the project with the reality of working in libraries today, what key questions can help move readers effectively through the project process and choose the right tools, best practices to ensure sustainability in project plans as well as outcomes, and how to incorporate diversity, inclusion, and accessibility principles into your project management. This practice guide provides step-by-step instructions to determine what project management tools and techniques match the needs of the particular library project and person/team's skills level, while also providing these in the context of libraries' specific cultures and norms. Guest: Kirsten Clark is the director of Library Enterprise Systems at the University of…

People in this episode

Guest: Kirsten Clark

Topics covered

• project management
• libraries
• user experience
• diversity and inclusion
• accessibility
• budget constraints

Keywords

• project management
• librarians
• user experience
• budget constraints
• diversity
• inclusion
• accessibility
• best practices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Minnesota Libraries, Bloomsbury

Books & works: Practical Project Management for Librarians

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