Academic and National Library Training Co-operative briefing, April 4th 2008, Trinity College Dublin. 2008-04-04.

1. Filling the empty chairs –
Case study in succession
planning
ANLTC 2008
Ursula Byrne
Head of Academic Services
Humanities & Social Sciences
UCD Library.
Ursula.byrne@ucd.ie

2. Early 1980s
NUI Maynooth
Cataloguer

3. Mid 1980s
University College Dublin
Cataloguer

4. Late 1980s
University College Dublin
Subject Librarian

5. Mid 1990s Liaison Librarian
1994 - 2006 Job-sharing / UCD Crèche Committee

6. Print media projects
• QA/QI 2003
• Newsletter
• Library guides 2002-5
• Reports etc

7. • Horizon Scanning
• Team working –
– Web group/pages
– News letter
– Information skills
– E-books

8. What motivates me?
– Drive to achieve beyond expectations
– External factors - salary
– Achieve for the sake of achievement
– Passion for the work itself…pride in a job well done
– Energy
– Restless with the status quo
– Questions – why are things done one way rather than an
other ?
– Desire to make a difference

9. Cognitive Social skills
skills Mentoring
Technical skills MAKING A
DIFFERENCE Motivation
Self
awareness Empathy and Self regulation
intuition

10. What about the Challenges?

11. Strike a balance
between :
taking advantage of
new opportunities
and
managing a growing
workload.

12. Reading on Emotional Intelligence:
Goleman, Daniel (1998)What makes a leader Harvard
Business Review Nov-Dec
Thank you.
E-mail : Ursula.Byrne@ucd.ie