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Snezek Library Leadership Institute: 2013 Snezek

Information about the CCCU Snezek Library Leadership Institute.

Host Institution

2013 SNEZEK LIBRARY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

Westmont College
Santa Barbara, CA
July 17 - 19, 2013

Schedule

SCHEDULE
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
  • 1:00 - 5:00 pm Registration & optional tours of campus
  • 5:30 - 6:30 pm Dinner
  • 6:45 - 8:00 pm Welcome, Introductions, Session 1
  • 8:30 - 9:30 pm Reception & Library Tour
Thursday, July 18, 2013
  • 7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast
  • 8:40 - 8:55 am Devotional - Debra Collins, Dallas Baptist University
  • 9:00 - 10:15 am Session 2
  • 10:15 - 10:30 am Morning Break
  • 10:30 - 11:45 am Session 3
  • 12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
  • 1:15 - 2:30 pm Session 4
  • 2:30 - 3:00 pm Afternoon Break
  • 3:00 - 415 pm Session 5
  • 4:15 - 5:45 pm Free Time
  • 6:00 - 7:00 pm Dinner
  • 7:30 - 10:00 pm Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Friday, July 19, 2013
  • 7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast
  • 8:40 - 8:55 am Devotional - Austina Jordan, Emmanuel College
  • 9:00 - 10:15 am Session 6
  • 10:15 - 10:30 am Morning Break
  • 10:45 - 11:30 am Session 7
  • 12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
  • 1:00 - 2:15 pm Session 8
  • 2:30 - 3:00 pm Closing Session
  • 3:00 - 3:30 pm Room Check-out

Program

Session #1: "The two issues which I think are most critical to academic library leaders today -- and which merit conversation at this Snezek Institute"

Debra Quast, Westmont College and Dan Bowell, Taylor University

Session #2: "The library as 'third space' -- a place for crossing boundaries through interaction, collaboration, and creative learning"

Dan Bowell, Taylor University

READING: Elmborg, J. K. (2011). Libraries as the Spaces Between us. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 50(4), 338-350.

Session #3 "Envisioning the academic librarian of 2023 -- implications for professional education, development and retraining"

Dr. Ken Haycock, University of Southern California

READINGS:

Eisenberg, M. B., & Fullerton, S. P. (2012). ED and INFO 2052: Oh, the places you'll go!. Information Services and Use, 32(3), 103-115.

Jennings, E., & Markgraf, J. (2010). Mind the Generation Gap: Millennials and Boomers in the Library Workplace. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 17(1), 93-99. doi:10.1080/10691310903584700

Session #4: Discussion with Dr. Ken Haycock on library futures, professional education, and professional development

Gayle Gunderson, Colorado Christian College, Moderator

Session #5: Panel Session with Five Newer Librarians - Professional Education and Professional Perspectives toward 2023

  • Jana Mayfield Mullen, Assistant to the Library Director, Westmont College Library (University of Kentucky)
  • Laura Rizzo, Teaching and Outreach Librarian, Wheaton College (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
  • Molly Riley, Web Services Librarian, Westmont College (University of Washington)
  • Alexis Pope, Current Graduate Student, Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana
  • Shane Ratzell, Outreach and Instruction Librarian, Colorado Christian University (Drexel University)

Session #6: "Restructuring library operations and its implications"

Sheryl Taylor, Dordt College

READINGS

Lewis, D. W. (2007). A strategy for academic libraries in the first quarter of the 21st century. College & Research Libraries, 68(5), 418-434. [See especially pages 429-431 (under heading “Organizational Issues”)]

Womack, Jim, and Dan Jones. "What Is Lean." Lean Enterprise Institute, n.d. Web. 03 June 2013. . [Read the overview as well as the sections on history, principles, and common questions.]

Session #7: "Implications of a mobile computing world for academic libraries and their users”

Merrill Johnson, George Fox University and Robin Ashford, George Fox University

READINGS

Thomas, Lisa Carlucci (2012, February 7). The State of Mobile in Libraries 2012. The Digital Shift. http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/02/mobile/the-state-of-mobile-in-libraries-2012/.

Dresselhaus, A., & Shrode, F. (2012). Mobile Technologies & Academics: Do Students Use Mobile Technologies in Their Academic Lives and are Librarians Ready to Meet this Challenge?. Information Technology and Libraries, 31(2), 82-101. http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/2166

Walsh, A. (2012). Mobile information literacy: a preliminary outline of information behaviour in a mobile environment. Journal of information literacy, 6(2), 56-69. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/15435/

Session #8: "Shared strategic plans and projections for the next three to five years"

Susan Watkins, Eastern Nazarene College, Moderator

Readings

Presentations and Documents

Due to the confidential nature of the discussions at the Snezek Library Leadership Institute, no presentations or recordings are available to the public.

Contact Ed Walton at Southwest Baptist University to request access to documents related to this year's presentations.