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Interview with Carla Tracy Director of the Thomas Tredway Library Augustana College

Interview with Carla Tracy Director of the Thomas Tredway Library Augustana College. LIS 770 Management of Libraries and Information Centers. Augustana College Rock Island, Illinois. Evangelical Lutheran Swedish Origins Exclusively undergraduate four-year Private not-for-profit

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Interview with Carla Tracy Director of the Thomas Tredway Library Augustana College

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  1. Interview with Carla Tracy Director of the Thomas Tredway Library Augustana College LIS 770 Management of Libraries and Information Centers

  2. Augustana CollegeRock Island, Illinois • Evangelical Lutheran • Swedish Origins • Exclusively undergraduate four-year • Private not-for-profit • Student population 2,472 • Tuition, fees, housing and meals for the 2011-2012 academic year are $41,829.

  3. See a Virtual Tour http://prezi.com/mquoz5clobf_/virtual-tour-of-tredway-library/

  4. Director's Background • Non-traditional • Worked in other fields • Did not start off wanting to be an administrator “Upon finishing the MLS, I definitely did not set out to be a library director.”

  5. Philosophy • Hire the best • Not always the most experienced • Team players • Keep the atmosphere collegial • See myself as the primary facilitator and the leader in grasping larger library issues.

  6. Staffing • Directly supervise • 9 librarians and 1 library secretary • Total Library employees 16 • Director is the upper limit of managerial span

  7. Success to Note • Thomas Tredway Library • The Association of College and Research Libraries has awarded the Thomas Tredway Library with its 2006 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award in the college division in recognition of its ability to be proactive, flexible and attuned to the changing needs of the college.

  8. Managing Change • Staffing • Addition to the Campus of a New Student Center that directly connects with the Library • Additional Technology • Weeding of the Print Collection • Number of volumes 2010 around 250,000 • Current number of volumes 150,000

  9. Budget • Not including fringe benefits, was $1,503,420 for FY11 (2010-2011) • Materials expenditures that year totaled $409,809.

  10. Strategic Plan “Make the library simple to use; describe and organize knowledge and information so that users can obtain resources in the most efficient manner.” • Just finished 3 year plan to take the library through the transitional period

  11. Questions?

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