This webinar will examine the career paths towards supervisory and management roles in library data services, and the needs, benefits, and challenges of such “middle management” roles. The panel discussion will explore these supervisory and management roles at four different institutions. Panelists will be asked to share what their positions entail and suggestions on professional development opportunities towards these positions. The webinar will feature structured questions from the moderators and time for open questions from attendees. Please join us!

• Jon Petters, Associate Director of Data Management and Curation Services, Virginia Tech University Libraries
• Mara Blake, Head of Data & Visualization Services, NC State University Libraries

Panelists: 

• Joel Herndon, Director, Center for Data and Visualization Sciences, Duke University Libraries
• Chad Kahl, Data and Social Sciences Librarian, Milner Library, Illinois State University
• Angela Di Nello, Senior Manager of the Digital Research Commons Pilot, McMaster University Library
• Megan O’Donnell, Research Data Services Lead, Iowa State, University Libraries