Hello everyone,
Today we have a cool and sunny start for finals as we end the semester and head into summer.
Lots has been going on with staff, so I’m just going to start listing the changes. All of these are effective July 1 unless noted otherwise.
Abbie Brown is moving to RAIS, to work in Instruction, reporting to Joe Askins. She is a skilled instructor and presenter, and wanted a change, so we are glad to be able to offer her one!
We will begin searching for her replacement right away. Susan McCormack will move over to work alongside Tom Barnes. Julie Housknecht’s position is already posted and we plan to interview soon. We will also be posting an Acquisitions Librarian position, probably later this summer. Seth Huber has already started, replacing Wayne in Cataloging and Metadata, and Ashley and Colleen are reporting to him.
You’ve probably guessed by now that the search for the Associate University Librarian for Special Collections, Archives and Rare Books was unsuccessful. Going into the new academic year, Felicity, Anselm and Kelli are going to report directly to me as a trio until we decide what to do with the AUL position. We will be replacing Tim Perry with a new librarian or achivist hire, and changing the GLA for SPEC into a part-time staff position.
Sheila Voss is in her new position handling space and projects now, and Matt will be hiring to replace her with a redesigned position in an Advancement title, similar to what other places on campus use for that work.
At HSL, Chris Pryor is transitioning into 20% of her time being given over to HSL Administration, as the NNLM grant funding her begins to decrease slightly. She will update some HSL webpages and handle some of Rich Rexroat’s old duties.
Our budget news has not been tremendous, but we will manage and work on controlling collection costs as we have before.
If you want to ask questions, email me any time.
Please plan to attend the lunch for the Celebration of Service at 11 am on May 30 in Ellis 201, the Grand Reading Room.
Best wishes,
Ann Campion Riley
Vice Provost and University Librarian