40 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
13. If your library has a separate innovation budget line or otherwise tracks the amount that is spent
on this and other innovative activities, please indicate how much has been allocated to this
innovation example and to all innovative activities in a typical fiscal year. N=8
Funds allocated to this innovation: Funds allocated to innovation overall:
1,000
5,000
11,000 100,000
30,000 285,000
45,000 150,000
50,000 50,000
400,000 420,000
500,000 550,000
LIBRARY INNOVATION: STAFF SKILLS AND REWARDS
14. What skills/knowledge did/will library staff need to implement this innovation? Check all that
apply. N=44
Project management 41 93%
Marketing/publicity 32 73%
Web development 31 71%
Programming/scripting 27 61%
Intellectual property rights 19 43%
Grant proposal preparation 14 32%
Other skill/knowledge, please briefly describe 25 57%
All digitization services: scanning, image processing, metadata capture, DAMS ingestion
Assessment skills, usability, front end marketing with campus partners
Assessment, data analysis, usability testing
Collaboration skills, agile development process skills
Collaborative skills in building a consensus in favor of the project
Collection management expertise
Data management and curation expertise, as well as domain expertise
Design thinking, social skills, observation skills, ethnography
Digital humanities research skills
Digital preservation frameworks, advanced digital infrastructure development
Facilities planning
Facility management, software application management
13. If your library has a separate innovation budget line or otherwise tracks the amount that is spent
on this and other innovative activities, please indicate how much has been allocated to this
innovation example and to all innovative activities in a typical fiscal year. N=8
Funds allocated to this innovation: Funds allocated to innovation overall:
1,000
5,000
11,000 100,000
30,000 285,000
45,000 150,000
50,000 50,000
400,000 420,000
500,000 550,000
LIBRARY INNOVATION: STAFF SKILLS AND REWARDS
14. What skills/knowledge did/will library staff need to implement this innovation? Check all that
apply. N=44
Project management 41 93%
Marketing/publicity 32 73%
Web development 31 71%
Programming/scripting 27 61%
Intellectual property rights 19 43%
Grant proposal preparation 14 32%
Other skill/knowledge, please briefly describe 25 57%
All digitization services: scanning, image processing, metadata capture, DAMS ingestion
Assessment skills, usability, front end marketing with campus partners
Assessment, data analysis, usability testing
Collaboration skills, agile development process skills
Collaborative skills in building a consensus in favor of the project
Collection management expertise
Data management and curation expertise, as well as domain expertise
Design thinking, social skills, observation skills, ethnography
Digital humanities research skills
Digital preservation frameworks, advanced digital infrastructure development
Facilities planning
Facility management, software application management
