Browsing Library Papers by Author "Roberts, Sue"

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Learning Through Communities of Practice: a Strategic and Collaborative Approach

Roberts, Sue; Clements, Charlotte (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

As Wenger (2002, 2003) highlights, researchers and practitioners in many different contexts find communities of practice (CoP) a useful approach to knowing and learning. This showcase explores the development of such a CoP ...
Library Services for the Future: engaging with our customers to determine wants and needs

Esson, Rachel Margaret; Stevenson, Alison; Gildea, Maureen; Roberts, Sue (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The future-focussed academic library “must be distinguished by the scope and quality of its service programs in the same way it has long been by the breadth and depth of its locally-held collections.” (Walker, 2011). To ...
Open Libraries, Open Resources, Open to Change?: Library Organisational Development and Design to Improve and Support the Creation and Open Publication of Research Resources

Roberts, Sue; Stevenson, Alison (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This paper takes a holistic and broad look at introducing and managing change in libraries to improve support for the creation and open publication of digital research resources. It uses a case study approach – the example ...