Mira Waller
Department Head, Research Engagement, Libraries
North Carolina State University
David Woodbury
Department Head, Learning Spaces & Services, Libraries
North Carolina State University
The changing needs and expectations of faculty, researchers, and students around research, teaching, and learning provide great opportunities for libraries to add value to their academic institutions by providing broader and deeper services around emerging needs and technologies. At North Carolina State University Libraries we have been incubating, launching, and sustaining services to address emerging areas of emphasis such as data science, visualization spaces, and experiential learning. While working in these evolving and emerging areas we have faced challenges and learned strategies to use creative ways to grow and maximize staff skills, work together across library departments, create new staff roles, and better utilize student positions. In this session we will share the strategies we developed, the lessons learned, and how they might be adapted for future campus needs.