The New Normal at GRU Libraries: Managing Change/Seeking Innovation

Presenters: Virginia Feher (moderator), Kathy Davies, Fay Verburg,Kyle McCarrell, Kim Mears

• January 10, 2012: Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (BOR) voted to consolidate Augusta State University with Georgia Health Sciences University.

• December 11, 2012: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) approved consolidation.

• January 8, 2013: Board of Regents approved a resolution by the BOR to form Georgia Regents University.

Source: asughsu.org

Consolidation Timeline

Library Work Team Sub-teams

Consolidation Action Team

Library Work Team

Consolidation Working Group

Consolidation Working Group Members

• Dr. Michael Brands, Professor & Director of Medical Physiology, GHSU• Mr. Clint Bryant, Director of Athletics, ASU• Ms. Kerry Cartledge, Employee Advisory Council Chair, GHSU• Dr. Gretchen Caughman, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost,

GHSU• Dr. Sandra Freedman, Alumna, GHSU• Dr. Rich Griner, Chairman and Associate Professor of Biology, ASU• Dr. W. Kent Guion, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, GHSU• Ms. Patricia Harris, Human Resource Specialist, ASU• Mr. Jeff Heck, Associate Director/Associate Professor, Reese Library, Faculty Policies

Chair, ASU• Mr. Andrew Phillips, SGA President, ASU• Mr. Phillip Howard, Vice President of Facilities Service, GHSU

Consolidation Working Group Members

• Mr. Jim Hull, Principal, Hull Storey Gibson Retail Group, Community Member• Mr. Cedric Johnson, Senior Vice President and Community Development Officer, First

Bank of Georgia, Community Member• Dr. Wendy Turner, Professor of History, Anthropology, and Philosophy, ASU• Mr. Jim Jones, Interim Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO, GHSU• Ms. Caitlin Madigan, SGA President, GHSU• Mr. Will McKnight, Community Member• Mr. Robert Osborne, Georgia Bank & Trust Executive Vice President of Wealth

Management, Community Member• Dr. Carol Rychly, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, ASU• Mr. Phil Wahl, Incoming Foundation Chair, ASU and Augusta City President

Commercial Relationship Manager, First Citizens Bank• Ms. Victoria Worsham, Accountant, Bookstore / Staff Advisory Council, ASU

Library Work Team Sub-teams

• Policies• Faculty Governance• Promotion & Tenure• Libraries Website• Information Technology• Strategic Planning • Content Management

New Organizational Chart

• New reporting structure• New titles (but not for all)• Some position descriptions rewritten• Some employees relocated• Some departments reorganized

Robert B. Greenblatt Library

Darra Balance, Lindsay Blake, Sherri Brooks, Marianne Brown, Andy Bruner, Tom Cutshall, Kathy Davies, Cassandra Drapeau, Julie Gaines, Donna Herring, Jamie LeGoullon, Natalie Logue, Kim Mears, Bertina Miller, Patricia Perry, Brenda Seago, Peter Shipman, Shannon Terral, Lisa Workman, Christina Yau.

Reese Library

Marshal Abuwi, Owen Angleton, Camilla Baker, Rod Bustos, JannMarie Chandler, Maryska Connolly-Brown, Veronica Cooradino, Kate Culver, Amy Elmor, Virginia Feher, Katie Glaeser, Jeff Heck, Autumn Johnson, Melissa Johnson, Ginny Loveless, Kyle McCarrell, Tina Mcclarnon, Meagan Morgan, Camilla Reid, Amanda Strever, Rick Sulzycki, Fay Verburg, Carol Waggoner-Angleton, Lillian Wan, Matthew Whittington, Miriam Zecharias.

Virginia Feher, Government Information Librarian, Reese Library, vfeher@gru.edu

Kathy Davies, Chair, Research and Education Services, Greenblatt Library, kadavies@gru.edu

Fay Verburg, Chair, Reference and Education Services, Reese Library, fverburg@gru.edu

Kyle McCarrell, Chair, Content Management, Reese Library, kmccarre@gru.edu

Kim Mears, Nursing Information Librarian, Greenblatt Library, kmears@gru.edu

Please feel free to ask questions at any time (raise your hand)!

Thank you!