Jon E. Cawthorne Appointed New Dean of Libraries at West Virginia University

From WVU:

Jon E. Cawthorne, associate dean for public services and assessment at Florida State University Libraries, has been named dean of libraries at West Virginia University.
“Dr. Cawthorne brings a winning combination of experience and visionary thinking to WVU,” said Michele Wheatly, WVU provost and vice president for academic affairs. “As we work to achieve some ambitious goals for our libraries, I am excited to know that we will do so under his leadership.”
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Cawthorne, who will begin his new position on March 17, currently manages assessment, services and staffing in Strozier, Dirac Science and Engineering libraries and leads a writing institute for librarians and staff called, Braggin’ Writes.
He recently completed his Ph.D. dissertation, Viewing the Future of University Research Libraries through the Perspectives of Scenarios, and is working on a guidebook for libraries on the process of scenario planning.
Cawthorne is co-principal investigator on two national Andrew Mellon Foundation grants. One explores new library service models (Centers of Excellence) and the other investigates the competencies needed to support Digital Scholarship in leading international universities. Cawthorne is scheduled to travel to Brazil, China, the U.K. and Japan in 2014.
He has consulted on creating underrepresented minority internships in research libraries and published articles on diversity, shared leadership and the importance of outreach. Prior to his current position, Cawthorne worked at Boston College Libraries, San Diego State and Detroit Public Library and participated in Association of Research Libraries’ Research Library Leaders Fellows Program, UCLA Senior Fellows and the Frye Leadership Institute.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Radio Communication from Evergreen State College and Master of Library Science from the University of Maryland at College Park.
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Myra Lowe, a long-time WVU librarian and administrator, has been serving very capably as interim dean of libraries since January of 2012. This was Lowe’s second time serving as interim dean; she served in the same capacity from 1998-1999.

Additional Materials

Jon E. Cawthorne’s CV (via WVU)
Transforming the Research Library Workforce: A Scenarios Approach
Jon Cawthorne as a Co-presenter at this 2012 ARL Fall Forum Presentation. Audio also available.
ARL SPEC Kit #220: “Internet Training in ARL Libraries” (1997)
Cawthorne was Co-compiler of the Document
See Also: Four Finalists for West Virginia University Dean of Libraries Position Visiting Campus (December 5, 2013)
 

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