2024 Snezek Library Leadership Institute
North Central University, Minneapolis, MN
OVERVIEW
The 2023 Snezek Library Leadership Institute will be held from July 10th-12th at North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Library deans, directors, and senior library leaders from CCCU institutions are invited to engage with each other around the challenges of leading academic libraries in a Christian context.
The Snezek Institute is named for Paul Snezek, former library director at Wheaton College, who mentored many Christian librarians in academic settings. The Snezek Institute is an intensive, in-person experience that uses a cohort model – all participants attend the same sessions. This allows for extended conversation, collaboration, and a confidential setting to discuss hard issues.
Our 2024 theme is “Adapting to the New Reality,” and we will discuss the many ways that academic librarianship has changed already in this decade. Keynote topics this year include “Understanding Gen Z Students” and “Trends in Academic Resource Sharing.” We’ll approach these topics and more through facilitated conversations and presentations, allowing time for thought and focus with fellow CCCU library leaders.
The Snezek Library Leadership Institute is a program under the auspices of the CCCU Library Leadership Council.
SCHEDULE
Wednesday July 10, 2024
Snezek Library Leadership Institute – Day 1
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Registration
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Informal Pre-Conference Discussion
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Welcome and Introductions
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Dinner
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Keynote Address – Understanding Gen Z Students
- Rick Mattson, Apologetics Specialist, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
8:00 PM – 9:15 PM | Tour of the T.J. Jones Library & Reception
Thursday July 11, 2024
Snezek Library Leadership Institute – Day 2
7:45 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Devotional
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Meeting the Academic Needs of International Students
- Darcy Gullacher, University Librarian, Trinity Western University
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM | Keynote – Resource Sharing for Small Academic Libraries
- Gerri Moeller, Director of Resource Sharing & Delivery, MINITEX
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | CCCU Library Budget Trends
- Brent Etzel, Dean of Library & Archives, Wheaton College (IL)
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Break
2:15 PM | Leave for off-campus excursion to the Walker Art Center
3:00 PM | Tour of the Walker Art Center
6:00 PM | Dinner at Cardamom (in the Walker Art Center)
Friday July 12, 2024
Snezek Library Leadership Institute – Day 3
7:45 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Devotional
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Serving in Multiple Capacities as the Library Director
- Rachelle Waldon, Director of Library Services, North Central University
- Mary Meehan Obermiller, Director of the Library, Crown College
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Roundtable Discussion & Unstructured Debrief
- Snezek Library Leadership Planning Committee