Interview with Carla Tracy Director of the

Thomas Tredway Library Augustana College

LIS 770 Management of Libraries and Information Centers

Augustana CollegeRock Island, Illinois

O Evangelical LutheranO Swedish OriginsO Exclusively undergraduate four-yearO Private not-for-profitO Student population 2,472O Tuition, fees, housing and meals for the 2011-

2012 academic year are $41,829.

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Director's BackgroundO Non-traditional

O Worked in other fields O Did not start off wanting to be an

administrator“Upon finishing the MLS, I definitely did not set

out to be a library director.”

PhilosophyO Hire the best

O Not always the most experiencedO Team players

O Keep the atmosphere collegialO See myself as the primary facilitator

and the leader in grasping larger library issues.

StaffingO Directly supervise

O 9 librarians and 1 library secretaryO Total Library employees 16O Director is the upper limit of

managerial span

Success to NoteO Thomas Tredway Library

O 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.

Managing ChangeO StaffingO Addition to the Campus of a New

Student Center that directly connects with the Library

O Additional TechnologyO Weeding of the Print Collection

O Number of volumes 2010 around 250,000

O Current number of volumes 150,000

BudgetO Not including fringe benefits, was

$1,503,420 for FY11 (2010-2011)O Materials expenditures that year

totaled $409,809.

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.”

O Just finished 3 year plan to take the library through the transitional period

Questions?