Excerpt: Appleton Library Director Terry Dawson has been front-and-center during the analysis and planning process — and will continue to be.
To provide some insight on where the process has been, where it is now and where it's going, we asked him some questions Tuesday. Here are his answers:
Front and center. Those of us how know and respect Terry's vision and leadership expect no less of him. I hope the project becomes the capstone to an outstanding career in librarianship. Terry is definitely one of our Essentials. (I'm also keeping my fingers crossed for Madison Public Library Director Barb Dimick.)
Terry responds to the following questions:
Terry provides us with an excellent example of how to present your case to the public, and I hope he grants me permission to use it for session 13 of the public library administration course I'm teaching for UW-SLIS this fall.
Paul, you are too kind. I'm fortunate to be part of a terrific team of staff, board members, volunteers and community supporters.
ReplyDeleteThe answers I was able to supply to the paper were brainstormed with contributions by a lot of our staff as we worked to prepare a building FAQ for our website. So when I sat down with the reporter I was tapping into a lot of collective wisdom.
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