Brian Lavoie, Author at Hanging Together

Learn from efforts at Monash University Library to reimagine operational structures and service models to scale research support and better align with institutional needs.

Collaboration / Collective Collections

Autonomy to alliance: Unpacking the motivations for library partnership

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 - by Brian Lavoie

Why collaborate? Here’s some evidence on why libraries band together to steward their collective print book collection.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Metadata / Research Library Partnership / Research support

Examining the role of AI in institutional repository workflows

October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 - by Brian Lavoie

Can AI help to manage institutional repository metadata? From improving deposit workflows to cleaning up legacy data, explore how AI might support IRs while keeping human expertise front and center.

Collective Collections

Collective collections through collective wisdom

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 - by Brian Lavoie

Collective collections are strengthened through aggregated data and shared practitioner knowledge.

Collaboration / Library Futures / Library Management / Research Library Partnership / Research support

Moving the library beyond the library: Reflections on an RLP leadership roundtable

August 22, 2024September 6, 2024 - by Brian Lavoie

Moving the library beyond the library is an evolutionary, not revolutionary, process. But first steps can have impactful results.

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Collaboration / Library Futures / Research Library Partnership / Research support / Social Interoperability

The library beyond the library

June 5, 2024August 13, 2024 - by Brian Lavoie

Research libraries are developing new operational structures that extend library skills, expertise, services and roles “beyond the library” into the broader campus environment.

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Collaboration / Collections / Digital Preservation / Research Data Management

Collaboration is optional

February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 - by Brian Lavoie

Decisions on library collaboration can be improved by adopting an options perspective. Can a modest investment now expand future choices or flexibility?