Drawing on thematic elements (with humorous twists) from the popular television show CSI, this staff training video produced by Library Video Network, a division of Baltimore County Public Library, offers advice and examples related to creating successful partnerships. Featuring winning teams—and teamwork—from the Boulder Public Library (CO), Laramie County Library System (CO), Baltimore County Public Library (MD), Middle Country Library System (NY), and Harford County Public Library (MD), SPI: Successful Partnership Investigation highlights partnership successes, while illustrating dramatized failures (including—in the CSI vein—the project that died from “accidental poisoning”). The real-life partnerships profiled here include a library book club sponsored by a local Starbucks, a special health information web library (with volunteers to assist library patrons), and more. Combining vignettes and interviews, the program covers the fundamentals of partnering, including research strategies, maintaining effective two-way communication, identifying and involving all of the stakeholders in the partnership, the importance of writing a plan with clear goals and objectives, and methods for evaluating projects. Recommended. Aud: P. (C. Block)
SPI: Successful Partnership Investigation
(2008) 26 min. DVD or VHS: $99. Library Video Network. PPR. ISBN: 1-56641-108-4 (dvd). Volume 23, Issue 4
SPI: Successful Partnership Investigation
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