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Montana State University Library (MSU Library) is the academic library of Montana State University, Montana's land-grant university, in Bozeman, Montana, United States. It is the flagship library for all of Montana State University System's campuses. In 1978, the library was named the Roland R. Renne Library to honor the sixth president of the university. The library supports the research and information needs of Montana's students, faculty, and the Montana Extension Service.

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    Why So Many Repositories? Examining the Limitations and Possibilities of the Institutional Repositories Landscape
    (Taylor & Francis, 2018-03) Arlitsch, Kenning; Grant, Carl
    Academic libraries fail to take advantage of the network effect because they manage too many digital repositories locally. While this argument applies to all manner of digital repositories, this article examines the fragmented environment of institutional repositories, in which effort and costs are duplicated, numerous software platforms and versions are managed simultaneously, metadata are applied inconsistently, users are served poorly, and libraries are unable to take advantage of collective data about content and users. In the meantime, commercial IR vendors and academic social networks have shown much greater success with cloud-based models. Collectively, the library profession has enough funding to create a national-level IR, but it lacks the willingness to abandon local control.
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    Tolerating Ambiguity: Leadership Lessons from Off-Road Motorcycling
    (Taylor & Francis, 2016-01) Arlitsch, Kenning
    The ability to tolerate ambiguity is an important attribute of successful leaders. In this article the metaphor of off-road motorcycling is used to introduce the concept of ambiguity and the virtues of becoming tolerant and comfortable with the uncertainty that has become a hallmark of information age organizations. Tolerance of Ambiguity is a known leadership concept that also extends to employees. Many employees want to be involved earlier in the planning and decision making process of the organization, but may be uncomfortable with the ambiguity characteristic of early stage planning.
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    From Acquisitions to Access: The Changing Nature of Library Budgeting
    (Taylor & Francis, 2015-07) Rossmann, Doralyn; Arlitsch, Kenning
    The cost of building library collections continues to increase, forcing librarians to think differently about their budget models. Increasing costs of IT infrastructure needed to connect to information resources also adds to budget concerns. The idea of changing the emphasis of collections budgets to one of broader access is not new, but formally acknowledging the need to support local technology infrastructure and other means of access may offer a new way of promoting the collections budget to university administrators. We propose a budget model that acknowledges these broader requirements and includes concepts of surfacing and discovery, provision, creation, and acquisition.
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    Managing Search Engine Optimization: An introduction for library administrators
    (Routledge, 2013) Arlitsch, Kenning; OBrien, Patrick; Rossmann, Brian
    This article is aimed at giving library administrators a high-level perspective of SEO so that they may be equipped to ask the right questions of their technical staff, software vendors and content suppliers. It stresses the importance of aligning SEO with institutional priorities and integrating it into the strategic plan. SEO is most effective when it is an organizational priority and when it is understood and driven by administrative teams.
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