CE203 Do You Want to Be a Library Director? Knowledge, Skills, and Career Path

Level: Intermediate+
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $240 (nonmember, $445)
Attendance Maximum: 15

Instructor(s): James Shedlock, AHIP, FMLA, Director, Galter Health Sciences Library, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Carol Jenkins, AHIP, FMLA, Director, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; and M.J. Tooey, AHIP, FMLA, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs, and Executive Director, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland-Baltimore

Offered: Saturday, May 22, 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

The course informs attendees who aspire to become academic health sciences library directors. Topics covered include the director recruitment and hiring process (via course website); budgeting and fundraising; management philosophy, career paths, self-knowledge, and personal leadership assessment; and the politics of leadership of an academic medical center library.