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- CEO Search Process
- Isaacson Miller working as search firm, completing interviews and surveys to inform position description and CEO search committee
- Process started in April with nominations and screening calls
- Semi-finalist interviews took place in August
- 4 finalists will be interviewing next week in Atlanta with a range of Lyarsis and community program stakeholders; candidate information will be available soon
- seeking to confirm that DSpace community is included in the interview process, ideally via Maureen as Leadership Chair
- Hope to be able to make offer in September with new CEO joining before the end of the year
- Looking for candidates who know the field and with high emotional intelligence
- Fiscal Update
- Fiscal Year 2022 completed June 30, 2022
- Audit shows fiscal performance was favorable (expenses compared to budget), including investments in DEI and accessibility and salary adjustments
- Lyrasis seeking to increase financial transparency through the organization; more information can be provided to DSpace on request
- Sentiment Analysis with Collaborators
- Talk to closest collaborations via interviewers with third party
- Interviews between Dec 2021 and Feb 2022
- Satisfaction higher for academic libraries, lower for publics and service providers
- Pulse check about how Lyrasis is doing and where to devote energy
- High points: staff, open access, open source, community
- Areas for improvements: clarify vision and strategy, fully integrate and describe offerings, internal silos and awareness of others work
- Equity work at Lyrasis
- April 2022 equity assessment from third party
- Report included strengths, weaknesses, recommendations
- Leadership team committed to implementing recommendations (e.g., handbook updates, professional development opportunities)
- Also conducting a compensation analysis to ensure equity and competitiveness
- Added equity statement to recruitment pages
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