TS-SIS Program - Peer Collaboration

Colleagues, often from different departments, must frequently work together to achieve library goals. This can be difficult to manage as neither has supervisory responsibility for the other, and therefore, cannot set deadlines or duties for the other. Tensions can occur if they don’t understand each other’s goals and deadlines. Ideally, two colleagues can share the joys and pains of working together either as part of daily work or together on special projects. Issues to be addressed include how labor is divided, issues of joint supervision of staff, or equitable split of credit.