Filling the empty chairs : succession planning or continued professional development – an Assistant Librarian perspective. Author: Ursula Byrne

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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

Mid 1980s
University College Dublin
Cataloguer

Late 1980s
University College Dublin
Subject Librarian

Mid 1990s Liaison Librarian

1994 - 2006 Job-sharing / UCD Crèche Committee

Print media projects

• QA/QI 2003

• Newsletter

• Library guides 2002-5

• Reports etc

• Horizon Scanning

• Team working –

– Web group/pages
– News letter
– Information skills
– E-books

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

Cognitive Social skills
skills Mentoring

Technical skills MAKING A
DIFFERENCE Motivation

Self
awareness Empathy and Self regulation
intuition

Strike a balance
between :

taking advantage of
new opportunities
and
managing a growing
workload.

Reading on Emotional Intelligence:

Goleman, Daniel (1998)What makes a leader Harvard
Business Review Nov-Dec

Thank you.

E-mail : Ursula.Byrne@ucd.ie

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