ARL YouTube channel

Washington, DC—The Association of Research Libraries has released a free recording on the ARL YouTube Channel of the ARL Balanced Scorecard Webcast , held on February 14, 2011. The webcast featured three ARL libraries—Johns Hopkins University, McMaster University, and the University of Washington—that have engaged the Balanced Scorecard framework, created by Harvard business professors Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, in their strategy development through an ARL collaborative community based project.

Ascendant Strategy Management, a consulting firm specializing in the application of the Balanced Scorecard framework in mission-driven non-profit organizations, presented the Balanced Scorecard theory with in-depth insights from organizations they have worked with in the not-for-profit sector. Ascendant is the consulting firm working with ARL to bring the effective implementation of strategy development with the Balanced Scorecard to libraries.

The webcast provides both leadership and organizational development perspectives from Johns Hopkins, McMaster, and Washington and includes Q&A throughout. The presenters include:

Martha Kyrillidou, Association of Research Libraries
Ted Jackson, Ascendant Strategy Management
Winston Tabb and Liz Mengel, Johns Hopkins University
Betsy Wilson and Steve Hiller, University of Washington
Vivian Lewis, McMaster University

The webcast is useful both for those interested in learning more about the Balanced Scorecard and for those who are interested in engaging with ARL and Ascendant in 2011 to develop their strategy using a well-established and proven perspective. A call for participation for a new cohort of libraries for a collaborative community based project will be announced soon.

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 126 research libraries in the US and Canada. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the web at http://www.arl.org/ .

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