Is your library ready to meet tomorrow’s opportunities and challenges?
Join us for an engaging one-hour virtual event with two visionary library leaders – Michelle Light, Associate University Librarian for Special Collections and Beinecke Library Director at Yale University, and Jonathan Miller, Director of Libraries at Williams College. Learn how they have crafted transformative strategic plans that sparked culture change, redefined institutional identities, and propelled their libraries forward.
This interactive session will explore the art of aligning your library’s mission, vision, and values to create a roadmap for a vibrant future and identifying priorities and goals to bring your aspirations to life.
Whether you’re a seasoned library director or an emerging leader, this event will provide insights and tools to elevate your library’s impact and create lasting change. Don’t miss this opportunity to network, learn, and leave inspired!
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Length: 1 hour
Location: Virtual; held via Zoom
Who should attend:
- Library leaders and managers
- Academic leaders
- Members of library associations
- Individuals interested in library careers
- Organizational development (OD) professionals
Cost: Free
Meet the speakers
Associate University Librarian for Special Collections & Beinecke Library Director
Yale University
Michelle Light is an associate university librarian for Yale Library’s special collections and director of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Previously, she has held leadership positions in a variety of libraries, including Library of Congress; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; University of California, Irvine; and University of Washington. Light holds a B.A. in history from the University of Oregon, an M.S. in information from the University of Michigan, and an M.A. in history from the University of Michigan.
Director of Libraries
Williams College
Jonathan Miller became Director of Libraries at Williams College in 2017. He was Library Director at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL from 2006 until 2017. He received his BA from Sheffield University (UK), his MLS from SUNY Buffalo in 1992 and his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 2009. Jonathan’s library career has included positions at both public research universities and private liberal arts colleges in the midwest, south, and northeast. His dissertation concerned the role of the ARL in the development of the 1976 Copyright Act. More information can be found here.
Meet the facilitator: Laura Freebairn-Smith is a Partner and co-founder at OPG. Her specialty is assisting leaders in realizing the full potential of their organizations through humanistic and analytical practices, while offering guidance in the redesign of infrastructure, the creation of strategic plans, and with organizational development.
