Call for Input: University Librarian Search Committee
The University Senate at UPEI recently appointed a University (Chief) Librarian Search Committee, which had its first meeting on May 24.
UPEI Vice President Academic and Research Dr. Robert Gilmour was confirmed as Committee chair at this meeting. Other committee members are: Nino Antadze (nantadze@upei.ca), Matthew Coleman (mcoleman@upei.ca), Greg Doran (gdoran@upei.ca / 566-6013), Robert Gilmour (rgilmour@upei.ca / 902-566-0637), Rosie Le Faive (rlefaive@upei.ca / 566-0533), Simon Lloyd (slloyd@upei.ca / 566-0536), Chris MacLauchlan (cmaclauchlan@upei.ca / 566-0445), Philip Smith (smithp@upei.ca / 566-0549).
The search committee hopes to finalize a job advertisement and detailed position profile for distribution by mid-June: as part of that process, we wish to receive input from as many interested parties as possible on-campus, in the Island library community, and from the Robertson Library team. Any feedback you share will be held in confidence by the Committee, and can be communicated to any one of the committee members individually, or directly to Dr. Gilmour, as Chair (rgilmour@upei.ca / 902-566-0637). It would be appreciated if responses to this initial call for feedback could be received by Friday, June 8.
As another avenue for feedback, the Committee will also be holding an initial "listening session" for interested individuals to speak to us directly: this will be held in Library Computer Lab 312, from 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM on Friday, June 8.
As noted, this is a fairly open-ended call, but given the committee’s current focus, it would be most helpful if you could highlight items that you believe should appear in a position posting. As a “prompt”, you will find below some links to some recent Canadian postings for “head librarian”-type positions.
You should be aware that this will not be the last opportunity to contribute feedback to the committee. Any site visits by candidates will likely include an open presentation, for example, and the committee will certainly be interested in hearing from you again after that. You can also feel free to communicate informally at any time with any member of the search committee, or with Dr. Gilmour: while we must respect the measure of confidentiality inherent in any job search, we will certainly do our best to keep the lines of communication open as we move forward with this important process.
For reference, recent Canadian University [Head] Librarian Job Postings:
