Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

4-29-2026

Abstract

As budget management grows more challenging, we will need to communicate as successfully as possible to achieve the best possible outcomes. Communication with departments and administration about budget management and related changes to collections can be crucial to maintain constructive relationships and to improve cooperative planning. Academic libraries often rely on librarian liaisons to communicate directly with departments, but additional communication efforts are sometimes pursued. Our library has recently focused on collections communication across a range of projects and audiences. These projects have included a budget reduction plan and major print deselection project, as well as ongoing, prospective budget management. The audiences have included the entire campus, an academic college, specific administrators, and various departments. The tools have included campus emails and news stories, a video, an online dashboard, and more. In this presentation, a panel from one library will run through a series of examples of communication strategies, tools and methods used to engage campus stakeholders with budget and collections management issues.

Department

Library Services

Conference Name

Carterette Series Webinars

Conference Place

Online

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