What Provosts Want Librarians to Know, Beth Paul, Stetson University
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University Library as Institutional Change Agent
Elizabeth L. Paul, Ph.D.Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Stetson University
Charleston ConferenceNovember 8, 2013
The Higher Education Landscape
American higher education has become … increasingly risk-averse, at times self-satisfied, and unduly expensive. It is an enterprise that has yet to address the fundamental issues of how academic programs and institutions must be transformed to serve the changing educational needs of a knowledge economy. It has yet to successfully confront the impact of globalization, rapidly evolving technologies, an increasingly diverse and aging population, and an evolving marketplace characterized by new needs and new paradigms.
– Commission on the Future of Higher Education, 2006
One University in the National Higher Education Landscape
• Stetson University
– A private university with four locations in Central Florida
– 2700 undergraduate students / 1400 graduate students (1000 law)
– Primarily residential
– Four Colleges/Schools: Liberal learning core
– Character of learning: rigor, relationship, responsibility
One University in the National Higher Education Landscape
• Libraries
– duPont-Ball Library• Multidisciplinary• Supports undergraduate and graduate programs in College
of Arts and Sciences, School of Music, School of Business Administration
– Dolly and Homer Hand Law Library• Unidisciplinary• Supports College of Law graduate programs• Tampa Law Center Library (satellite)
One University in the National Higher Education Landscape
University Renewal
Whynotunlimited.com
The Critical Role of the University Library and Library Leaders in
University Renewal
• University libraries are more reflective than academic departments of what society needs from higher education
– Interdisciplinarity
– Multiple literacies
– Swimming vs. drowning in information
– Nimbleness, risk-taking, adaptability
The Critical Roles of Library Leaders
Educators
Path Makers
Bridges Integrators
Success Coaches
Change Agents
Neutral Hosts
Role models
Innovators
Collaborators
Change Agents and Path Makers
Educators
Path Makers
Bridges Integrators
Success Coaches
Change Agents
Neutral Hosts
Role models
Innovators
Collaborators
Library Leaders as Change Agents and Path Makers
• Adaptive Leaders
– Constant business model adaptation
• Demand-driven acquisitions; ebooks
– Proactive vs. reactive
– Innovative and resourceful
– Future oriented – leading vs. lagging
Innovators
Educators
Path Makers
Bridges Integrators
Success Coaches
Change Agents
Neutral Hosts
Role models
Innovators
Collaborators
Library Leaders as Innovators
• Proactive vs. reactive
– New tools
– Integration of technology
– Academic innovation
– “Inciters” – under guise of service provision, introduce new strategies and resources as triggers for pedagogical or research advancement
Educators
Educators
Path Makers
Bridges Integrators
Success Coaches
Change Agents
Neutral Hosts
Role models
Innovators
Collaborators
Library Leaders as Educators
• Experts in learning
• Informants about students as learners
– Front line interaction and observation
• Faculty and staff development
Hosts
Educators
Path Makers
Bridges Integrators
Success Coaches
Change Agents
Neutral Hosts
Role models
Innovators
Collaborators
Library Leaders as Hosts
• Sense of place
• Place for wonder, expanding one’s mind, transformation
• Place for intellectual interaction and celebration
Library Leaders as Hosts
• Sense of community, belonging, wellness
Library Leaders as Hosts
• Place for innovation, intellectual play and experimentation
• Reinforce intellectual identity as part of a life well lived
Success Coaches
Educators
Path Makers
Bridges Integrators
Success Coaches
Change Agents
Neutral Hosts
Role models
Innovators
Collaborators
Library Leaders as Success Coaches
• Learning Commons
– Student Success partnership
• Integrated Success Coach model
– Key role in retention and progression
• Student employer / career developer
– Transferability of librarian skills
– Students as active leaders of innovation in library
Neutral
Educators
Path Makers
Bridges Integrators
Success Coaches
Change Agents
Neutral Hosts
Role models
Innovators
Collaborators
Library Leaders as Neutral
• “Safe,” “trusted,” “apolitical”
• Integrated / central in University
• The role of librarian faculty in shared governance
• Neutral role in curriculum development (disciplinary, interdisciplinary, General Education)
• The role of library dean on the senior academic leadership team
Collaborators and Bridges
Educators
Path Makers
Bridges Integrators
Success Coaches
Change Agents
Neutral Hosts
Role models
Innovators
Collaborators
Library Leaders as Collaborators and Bridges
• Collaborators– Coalition builders – inside and outside of the University– Mutually-beneficial consortial agreements
• Bridges – To new information/knowledge– Between people / entities
– New student / faculty socializers• Dean meetings – prospective faculty• Personal librarians – all new students• Establish partnership for learning right from the beginning
Integrators
Educators
Path Makers
Bridges Integrators
Success Coaches
Change Agents
Neutral Hosts
Role models
Innovators
Collaborators
Library Leaders as Integrators
• Integrators
– Place for interdisciplinary percolation
– Teacher-scholar integration
– Culture change agents – reducing boundaries, silos
– Academic and Student Affairs
Role Models
Educators
Path Makers
Bridges Integrators
Success Coaches
Change Agents
Neutral Hosts
Role models
Innovators
Collaborators
Library Leaders as Role Models
• Curious – thinking ahead – looking into the future• Risk-takers• Path-makers• University stewards
– Mission – unique recognition of interdependence of all components
– Resources – responsible management
• Assessment – use of data for continuous improvement, innovation, and fiscal responsibility
• Strategic choices – clarity of purpose and goals
Library Personnel Models for University Adaptive Leadership
• Faculty vs. staff
• Tenure vs. non-tenure-track/term-limited faculty
• Director vs. dean
• Imperative of professional development, renewal, leadership development