Succession Planning in Canadian Academic Libraries

Janneka Guise is currently Head of the Eckhardt-Gramatté Music Library at the University of Manitoba, Canada. She has worked in large and small academic libraries across Canada since 1999. She has a Master of Music (University of Western Ontario) and a Master of Library and Information Studies (University of Alberta). In 2011 she completed the Graduate Professional Certificate in Library Sector Leadership from the University of Victoria, Canada. She has been involved in Strategic Planning and Program Assessment throughout her career, and her current interests include Developmental Evaluation, Innovation in Libraries and Succession Planning. She was Guest Editor for the December 2011 issue of the Canadian Library Association’s Feliciter, on the topic of “Boomers Busting Out”. This book is the product of work conducted during a Research Study Leave from the University of Manitoba Libraries in 2013-2014.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionThesis The Canadian academic library landscape Canadian Association of Research Libraries What is succession planning?The changing role of the academic librarian Chapter 2: Literature Review Corporate succession planning Library succession planning Elements of succession planning Summary Chapter 3: Methodology Part one: online survey Part two: on-site interviews Appendix Chapter 4: Themes The participants The libraries The themes Summary Chapter 5: Best Practices Preliminary planning Identifying participants and conducting the talent review Implementation, training, and feedback Summary Chapter 6: Barriers Budget Transparency and fairnessOrganizational structure as a barrier Knowledge transfer Changing roles of librarians/archivists/libraries Summary Chapter 7: Implications Preliminary planning Identifying participants and conducting the talent review Implementation, training, and feedback The end and the beginning ConclusionAppendix Index