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Stanley Wilder

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Stanley Wilder

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Responsibilities

Responsibilites

With administrative oversight for all aspects of library operations, the Dean provides vision for strategic planning and sets policy direction for library services, facilities, and collection development. The Dean also has primary responsibility for guiding and encouraging the development of consortia and collaborative agreements between libraries and with other units on campus, supporting grant writing, and spearheading development efforts.

Experience

Dean, LSU Libraries, Louisiana State University, 2014 to present

University Librarian, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2009 to 2014

Associate Dean, Information Management Services, University of Rochester, 2003 to 2009

Assistant Dean, Information Management Services, University of Rochester, 1999 to 2003

Assistant Dean for Technical and Financial Services, Louisiana State University, 1994 to 1999

Assistant to the Dean for Administrative Services, Louisiana State University, 1989 to 1994

Architecture and Art Library, Acting Head, University of Illinois at Chicago 06/1986 to 1988

Resident University of Illinois at Chicago, 1985

Education

Masters in Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago. 1989
Masters in Library and Information Science, Columbia University. 1985
Bachelor of Arts, English, University of Wisconsin, Madison. (Graduated with Distinction) 1982

Presentations

Selected Presentations

Wilder, S. (2016). Delayed Retirements, Muted Hiring, and ARL Directors: ARL Professionals in 2015, presented at Association of Research Libraries Fall Meeting, September 27, 2016.
Wilder, S. Library Staffing Transition. Webcast produced by the Association of Research Libraries, November 4th, 2013. https://goo.gl/rvIizV
Wilder, S. Stanley Wilder, Dean of Libraries, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Interview conducted by the Charleston Conference, published January 30, 2013. https://goo.gl/F9yCXW
Wilder, S. (2012). The Academic Library Workforce in Transition: New Results from the 2010 ARL Demographic Data.” ARL-ACRL Human Resources Symposium, Washington, DC.
Wilder, S. (2010). Welcome to the Starting Line. Commencement address, Library and Information Science Department, UNC Greensboro.
Wilder, S. (2006). The Emperor Has No Clothes: Be it Resolved That Information Literacy is a Fad and a Waste of Librarians’ Time and Talent.” Debate produced for the Association of College and Research Libraries’ President’s Program, American Library Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Wilder, S. (2005) What Doesn’t Change: The Origin and Implications of the Library’s Education Function. Video produced for the Association of Research Libraries webcast Teaching, Learning, and Research: Libraries and Their Role in the Academic Institution. https://goo.gl/sfZcdv

Publications

Selected Monographs

Wilder, S. Demographic Change in Academic Librarianship. (Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 2003).
Wilder, S. The Age Demographics of Academic Librarians: A Profession Apart. (Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 1995).

Articles & Chapters

Wilder, S. (2018). “Selected Demographic Trends in the ARL Professional Population.” Research Library Issues, Association of Research Libraries, 295. https://publications.arl.org/rli295/
Wilder, S. (2017). Delayed Retirements and the Youth Movment among ARL Library Profesionals. Association of Research Libraries. https://goo.gl/jqkGeq
Wilder, S. (2017). Hiring and Staffing Trends in ARL Libraries. Association of Research Libraries. https://goo.gl/gN9hjm
Wilder, S. (2013). A Reconsideration of Information Literacy. Communications in Information Literacy, 7(2), 150-153.
Wilder, S. (2013). The end of lower skill employment in research libraries. Library Journal. https://goo.gl/ystHdu
Wilder, S. (2011). The erosion of fair use protections for digital scholarship. Charleston Advisor. https://goo.gl/sVqwd
Wilder, S. (2008). The geometry of the academic library. https://goo.gl/KruuZY
Wilder, S. (2007). The ARL youth movement: reshaping the ARL workforce. ARL: a bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL, CNI and SPARC.
Wilder, S. (2007). The New Library Professional. Chronicle of higher education, 53(25). https://goo.gl/6URMjA
Wilder, S. (2006). Baker’s Smudges. Library Journal, 131(14), 30-2.
Wilder, S. (2005). Information literacy makes all the wrong assumptions. The Chronicle Review, 51(18). https://goo.gl/0FpCsf
Wilder, S. (2002). Demographic trends affecting professional technical services staffing in ARL libraries. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 34(1-2), 51-55.
Wilder, S. (2002). New hires in research libraries: demographic trends and hiring priorities. ARL Bimonthly Report, 221(1).
Wilder, S. (2000). A simple method for producing core scientific and technical journal title lists. Library resources & technical services, 44(2), 92-96.
Wilder, S. (2000). The changing profile of research library professional staff. ARL: A Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues and Actions from ARL, CNI, and SPARC, 208(209), 1-5. https://goo.gl/VpLVPK
Wilder, S. (1998). Comparing value and estimated revenue of scitech journals. ARL Report, 200. https://goo.gl/X3nOHw
Bensman, S., & Wilder, S. (1998). Scientific and technical serials holdings optimization in an inefficient market: A LSU serials redesign project exercise. Library Resources & Technical Services, 42(3), 147-242.
Wilder, S. (1993). Dr. Litlove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Library Literature. American Libraries, 24(7), 662-663.

Service

Selected Service

Chair, Assessment Committee, Association of Research Libraries, 2017-2018
Chair, LOUIS, Louisiana statewide academic library consortium 2017-2018
Working Group member, Charlotte Initiative for Permanent Acquisition of eBooks by Academic Libraries. A project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Scholarly Communications Program. 2014-2017
Academic Deans, Louisiana State University
Leadership Team, Louisiana State University
President, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, 2015-2016
Board member and Treasurer, Louisiana Digital Consortium, 2014-2015
University Library Advisory Council (ULAC), University of North Carolina System, 2009-2014
CAEC Library Director’s Committee, 2009-2014
NCES Academic Library Survey Advisory Committee, 1999-2000.

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News & Notes

LSU Summer Camp Program Students visit Middleton Library

As part of their two-week program, 21 pre-kindergarten students attending the LSU Summer Camp program visited Middleton Library on Wednesday, July 10th. Library Associate Robert Bigelow hosted the event in Education Resources, where General Librarian Andrea Hebert read the students a story. LSU

Document delivery service expanded to include graduate students

LSU Interlibrary Loan department is excited to announce the expansion of our new Document Delivery service to include graduate students beginning Friday, July 5th. What is Document Delivery? It is a new service offered by Interlibrary Loan that electronically delivers articles and book chapters

LSU Libraries participate in freshmen orientations

LSU Libraries are currently participating in freshmen orientations throughout the summer in two ways. Through the Office of Orientation, information fairs are being held in the Cotillion Ballroom for hundreds of freshmen students who are beginning their studies at LSU this fall. Along with a

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