Alumni Lecture: Dani Cook (MSLS '13)
SILS Alum Dani Cook (MSLS '13), the Associate Librarian for Learning and User Experience at the UC San Diego Library, presents the next SILS Alumni Lecture.
Lecture Title: Person-Centered Management: A Framework for Libraries
About the lecture: The pandemic brought to light many pre-existing challenges for libraries, ranging from unfunded mandates to provide community services to toxic management practices. This talk will address how this is a critical moment for libraries to reflect on the importance of strong and empathetic management, which is too often elided in favor of “leadership.” Foundational concepts from learner-centered teaching can be applied to the management context and help libraries to succeed in rapidly changing and hybrid environments.