Expand Your Collection Horizons with Negotiation Skill Development to Address Today and Tomorrow’s Challenges

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Learning negotiation skills allows library workers and vendors to have more productive conversations that create more options. This allows libraries to better meet their stakeholder needs while fostering a sustainable relationship with resource vendors. However, this is a skill set that is largely learned while on the job, or through continuing education opportunities that may be costly, and may not be library focused. In addition, many library workers feel anxiety around the process of negotiations. The IMLS funded ONEAL Project (Open Negotiation for Academic Libraries) wishes to empower library workers through an open online curriculum to teach these skills. This session will introduce the Foundations learning module launched in April as well as the brand-new Strategies module launching in Fall 2024 which dives deeper into strategies (setting priorities, vendor and internal stakeholder management, and contracts & licensing strategy). Library licensing rarely keeps up with technology and new directions in research, for which the project is developing modules to help address current hot topics, such as artificial intelligence and privacy/surveillance. Attendees will be provided with a list of available resources to support learning about and negotiating hot topics. This session will opportunities for discussion, including allowing the audience to share their own experiences around negotiations and what they find most challenging. Negotiation skill best practices introduced in the curriculum are widely applicable to all types of libraries.

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Macy, K.V. (2024, November 13). Expand your collection horizons with negotiation skill development to address today and tomorrow’s challenges [Conference session]. The Charleston Conference 2024, Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC, United States.
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