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Higher level strategic planning, assessment, and financial analysis.
New director of libraries as I retire.
Not known at this time, because it would depend on which positions became vacant.
Not sure—it is too early to know.
Organizational Development.
Public services, special collections, liaison/outreach, scholarly communication, possibly collection development. MANY
changes are coming within one to three years. See the “additional comments” below.
Strategic planning, assessment, staff engagement.
User services.
We are actively planning for such an opportunity. The primary areas of responsibility would be planning, assessment,
and statistics. The creation of such a position would require the redistribution of some other responsibilities among
other senior or middle management level staff.
We are planning major reorganization.
Will be determined by the new library director coming in July.
11. If there was a vacancy or a new senior administrative position was created in your library, where
would you expect a successful hire to come from? Check all that apply. N=43
Within another research library 39 91%
Within our organization 29 67%
Within another type of library 12 28%
Outside the library profession 8 19%
Other, please explain 6 14%
Any type of library background,
Director: external. Associate University Librarian: practice is hiring internally.
I believe that we may fill a number of high-level positions from multiple venues.
It depends on the position.
This depends very much on the type of position.
This is difficult to answer, as it would depend on the type of position we were advertising for. If our Director, Financial
&Physical Resources position became vacant we would recruit someone with a finance/accounting background, not
librarianship.
Higher level strategic planning, assessment, and financial analysis.
New director of libraries as I retire.
Not known at this time, because it would depend on which positions became vacant.
Not sure—it is too early to know.
Organizational Development.
Public services, special collections, liaison/outreach, scholarly communication, possibly collection development. MANY
changes are coming within one to three years. See the “additional comments” below.
Strategic planning, assessment, staff engagement.
User services.
We are actively planning for such an opportunity. The primary areas of responsibility would be planning, assessment,
and statistics. The creation of such a position would require the redistribution of some other responsibilities among
other senior or middle management level staff.
We are planning major reorganization.
Will be determined by the new library director coming in July.
11. If there was a vacancy or a new senior administrative position was created in your library, where
would you expect a successful hire to come from? Check all that apply. N=43
Within another research library 39 91%
Within our organization 29 67%
Within another type of library 12 28%
Outside the library profession 8 19%
Other, please explain 6 14%
Any type of library background,
Director: external. Associate University Librarian: practice is hiring internally.
I believe that we may fill a number of high-level positions from multiple venues.
It depends on the position.
This depends very much on the type of position.
This is difficult to answer, as it would depend on the type of position we were advertising for. If our Director, Financial
&Physical Resources position became vacant we would recruit someone with a finance/accounting background, not
librarianship.
