The Librarian Has Left the Building: Keeping the Knowledge Alive Through Succession Planning

You are cordially invited to attend the ACRL University Library Section’s panel discussion on succession planning at the 2012 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim.

Saturday, June 23, 2012
10:30- Noon
Anaheim Convention Center Room 204C

The Librarian Has Left the Building: Keeping the Knowledge Alive Through Succession Planning

Faced with a mass retirement of librarians, university libraries need to confront the loss of hundreds of years of subject, programmatic, and institutional knowledge, skills, and abilities. This potentially detrimental gap can be lessened and even avoided by fostering librarian leadership and implementing a succession plan. In this session, a group of librarians at different points in their careers will discuss specific practices that worked in succession planning at their own institutions.

Panelists:

Kiyomi Deards, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Dr. Joan Giesecke Dean of Libraries, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

Dr. Cristina González, Professor of Spanish and Professor of Education, University of California, Davis

Jerome Offord, Jr., Dean of Library Services and University Archives, Lincoln University

Katherine Simpson, Associate Director for Organizational Development, American University Library

Moderator: Yvonne Mery, Instructional Services Librarian, University of Arizona Libraries