A.  Mission and Vision: Key Drivers in my Career

 

Mission and Vision have always been fundamentally important in library development at the various

institutions I have served over the years, and they have driven

our accomplishments that we have achieved together.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burke Library of Columbia University

                                            *  Served in the early 90s as Assistant Head of Technical Services

                                             * Learned the dynamics of library administration

                                             * One key responsibility was to create discovery data for one of the

                                                great theological research libraries of the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alison Library, Regent College of the University of British Columbia

                                              * Served 8 years, from 1993 to 2001, as Library Director of a graduate school

                                                    at one of the great research Universities of  Canada, the second largest in the nation.

                                               *  Our library led the technological advance of the College as it entered the world of the internet and resource sharing

                                               * With a new president appointed shortly before I left, my advocacy, he told me, was instrumental

                                                     in the construction of a new library for the college (shown above), opened in 2004.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dayton Memorial Library of Regis University

                                                * For 11 years, 2001 to 2012, I served as Dean of Libraries for a University having a very diverse student

                                                     population of about 15,000, offering 5, 8 and 13 week semesters. 

                                                 * It was a time when Regis was a leader in distance education, offering the largest online

                                                      MBA program in the United States.

                                                  * As a library our achievements included:

                                                                 ~ Moving acquisitions more heavily toward digital materials,

                                                                 ~ Creating digital library services such as animated online tutorials

                                                                 ~ Transforming the library into spaces for collaboration

                                                                 ~ Establishing the Center for Student Academic Success under library administration

                                                                 ~ Promoting and developing opportunities in scholarly communication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tutt Library of Colorado College

                                                * The College likes to regard itself as the premier residential liberal arts colleges of the Rock Mountain region

                                                * I have now served as Library Director for almost 4 years

                                                * My achievements include:

                                                            Promoting the development of open source library computing services

                                                            Shoring up and expanding our partnerships across the campus

                                                            Leading a $45 million building program that will see a transformed library and a transformed campus