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1. How might we organize ourselves to better manage the CUL-wide work that needs to be done and help us to start thinking about innovation opportunities in these areas?  We’ve tried the team model with varying degrees of success (through no fault of those leading and participating in the teams). The Access Services Team recently restructured and we wonder where there are better ways to structure the other teams so they work more effectively? Should we even have them at all and if we don’t, what are our alternatives? -Maybe we need a "Czar of instruction" for all of CUL, similar to Director of Access Services position. They could consult Instruction Leads/Coordinators across units, set direction, coordination execution and assessment of success, help establish CUL Instruction Program learning outcomes. Would also help establish external relations with important units on campus, like CTI, Office of the Vice Provost (Lisa Nishi)Having a committee for instruction does have benefits: Provides mechanism to advance projects, does provide fellowship for instructors, structure ensures accountability. Also some drawbacks: limits free-flow of serendipitous exploration, formality limits organic one-off ideas (i.e., would it be easier to informally start a journal club if people didn't worry about which organizational structure it should fit within?)

2. What do we consider the functional areas of public services? What is missing?  

   Public Services Functions 

   ·         Access Services (already significantly reimagined) 

   ·         Digital Scholarship, including data services (already working with university partners) 

   ·         Instruction 

   ·         Liaison/Outreach/Engagement Services 

   ·         Reference/Research Services 

   ·         What is missing?  Collections? If we want our collections exposed to students and incorporated into our public service work, it seems they should somehow be represented here.

3. What do you hope that we can achieve in our public services functions CUL-wide? Other thoughts and ideas? 

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