About this episode

The episode features an interview with Lucy Santos Green discussing her role and contributions to the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa.

The following interview is part of the 2025 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. In this series, we sit down with leaders and innovators who are making a real difference in scholarly publishing, libraries, and the broader information world. Each conversation is a chance to hear firsthand how these decision makers tackle new challenges, rethink traditional models, and collaborate across sectors. Today's episode features the next conversation from the 2025 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Heather Staines , Senior Consultant, Delta Think, and a Conference Director, talks with Lucy Santos Green , Director, Professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of Iowa. In this conversation, Lucy shares with Heather the myriad of details of her current role, which she says involves working with faculty to develop and implement the SLIS (school of library and information science) strategic plan, leading innovation in the curriculum and making sure that it responds to current market needs, managing the school's budget, all of the financial allocations, overseeing facilities, hiring, performance evaluations for staff, tenure and promotion for…

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