Cheers [To Being an Academic Law Library Director]: Where Everybody Knows Your Name

NOTE: This educational program will not be recorded.

As we see rapid rates of retirement of academic law library directors, opportunities for relatively untested librarians to fill these roles abound. What is the job of an academic director and primary budget officer? How do you know if you are ready to be an academic director—a role unlike any other in a law school except the Dean—or, more importantly, if it is a job that you would even like? How can you tell if you have the "soft skills" necessary to succeed in this role as an effective manager, communicator, and advocate? How are the skills and qualities required of directors different post-pandemic? What sorts of expanded leadership skills and responsibilities across the law school and the university, not just in the law library, might directors be expected to contribute to as a member of the senior leadership of the law school?

The panelists, all academic law library directors at both public and private institutions, will address these topics and more, with the goal of providing education around what it means to be an academic law library director post-2020, and what prospective directors need to know as they consider whether this career move is right for them.

Target Audience:

Both early-career and mid-career librarians who think they may want to be an academic law library director would benefit from the conversations and information shared in this panel.