Annual Meetings of the Oberlin Group of Library Directors
Each year the Oberlin Group of Library Directors holds an annual meeting hosted by one or more member institutions.
Immediate Past Meeting: Kenyon College and Denison University, 6-8 October 2024
Kenyon College and Denison University are this year’s annual meeting in Granville and Gambier, Ohio on 6-8 October 2024. The 2024 Annual Meeting Travel, Accommodations, and Agenda Information can be found on the 2024 Oberlin Group Annual Meeting Google Site.
Accommodations in Granville, OH will be available starting on Saturday, Oct. 5 2024. Two historic inns are within walking distance of Denison University; the Granville Inn and the Buxton Inn.
The meeting begins on Sunday with events held at the Granville Inn and Denison Libraries at Denison University. Monday the group will travel to Kenyon College where most of our meetings and tours will take place in the new Chalmers Library.
Past Meetings
2023 The Claremont College
This is the official event page for the 2023 Oberlin Group of Library Directors Annual Meeting, hosted by The Claremont Colleges Library (800 N Dartmouth Ave, Claremont, CA 91711).
Date/Location
The 2023 Oberlin Group of Library Directors Annual Meeting will take place from October 22-24, 2023.
- Sunday, October 22 – DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Claremont
- Monday & Tuesday, October 23-24 – Each day will begin and primarily take place in the Hampton Room at Scripps College, but will also include tours and other activities.
Annual Meeting Information
This year’s theme is Stronger Together: The Power of Consortial Collaboration. We are looking forward to you visiting sunny So Cal and joining us to explore ways that consortial collaborations can help streamline and elevate the work of libraries.
We are using the Sched platform so you can easily:
- Register and pay for the event ($375) – Please Note: Once you complete the registration and payment the Oberlin Group has a no refunds policy.
- Browse the schedule/agenda – this will continue to be updated so please check back for more information; you can also find details on getting between the hotel and annual meeting location(s) here.
- Explore speaker backgrounds
2022 Smith/Amherst/Mt. Holyoke
Dear colleagues,
Now that we are beginning to launch the fall semester we wanted to send one more reminder that Registration for Oberlin 2022 is open! This is the first time since 2019 that the annual directors’ meeting will be held in person. So far 52 Directors have registered to participate in person.
Please register and make hotel reservations at the Hotel Northampton by September 3rd to receive the conference rate.
The 2022 Oberlin Annual Directors’ Meeting is being hosted by Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges this fall on October 3-5.
Please join Oberlin Library directors to explore the role of libraries in the future of higher education. Elliot Felix, founder of higher ed strategy consultancy brightspot will be our keynote speaker.
The conference will be held on a different campus each day to give us an opportunity to experience our campus environments. Mount Holyoke will host on Monday, Smith on Tuesday, and Amherst on Wednesday. For directors unable to attend in person, the business meeting will be streamed. In addition, several sessions will be streamed for all staff.
The conference hotel is the Hotel Northampton – a lovely, historic hotel.
For more information, please see the meeting program, travel and accommodations, recreation and resources tabs on the main page of the website.
Please let us know if you have any questions and we look forward to seeing you in the “Happy Valley” this October!
Susan, Alex, and Martin
Alex Wirth-Cauchon, awirthca@mtholyoke.edu
Susan Fliss, sfliss@smith.edu
Martin Garnar, mgarnar@amherst.edu
2021 Virtual - October 12-14
Virtual Meeting – October 12-14
2020 Virtual Meeting - October 18-20 + topic-oriented webinar sessions (Aug-Nov 2020)
2019 Oberlin Group of Libraries Annual Meeting
osted by Bucknell University
Held at the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library/Bucknell University
The guide for the Oberlin Group 2019 Directors meeting on the Bucknell page was available here.
Scheduled immediately following From Wonder to Action: the Journey of Digital Scholarship; Bucknell University’s sixth annual Digital Scholarship Conference held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 11, 12 and 13, 2019.
List of Attendees:
Code of Conduct:
Schedule of Events – (pdf available Program)
| Sunday | October 13, 2019 |
| 12:00noon – 2:00pm | Oberlin Group Board of Directors (President’s Dining Room) |
| 2:00pm – 3:00pm | Lever Press (Walls Lounge) |
| 3:00pm – 4:00pm | Lever Press Oversight Committee (Walls Lounge) |
| 3:30pm – 4:30pm | Orientation for New Directors (Room 241 B-C) |
| 5:30pm – 8:00pm | Recption & Dinner (Iron Front, 434 Market Street, Suite 301, Lewisburg) |
| Monday | October 14, 2019 |
| 8:00am – 8:30am | Breakfast (Terrace Room) |
| 8:45am – 9:00am | Welcome – President of Bucknell University (Walls Lounge) |
| 9:00am – 11:30am | Strategic Planning (Walls Lounge) – Draft Strategic Plan |
| 11:30am – 1:00pm | Lunch – Birds of a Feather Tables (Terrace Room) – there will be two rounds: 11:30-12:15 and 12:15-1:00. The Topics will be:
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| 1:00pm – 3:00pm | Business Meeting (Walls Lounge) – Draft Agenda and Draft Annual Report (including the minutes of the 2018 meeting starting on page 10) |
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30pm – 5:00pm |
The Changing Workforce (Terrace Room)
Preparing the Next Generation for Leadership – Dr. Jolie Graybill, Assistant Director, Minitex, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Dr. Jolie Graybill will present on her research on Millennials and their perceptions of leadership and their development needs. She’ll be sharing information on what she has learned and implications it may have for directors/deans/head librarians in preparing succession planning and leadership development. Her presentation will be followed by a conversation with Irene Herold about Millenials, GenXers, and Baby Boomers and then a Q&A from the group.
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| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Bertrand Library Tour & Group Photo (Bertrand Library Main Entrance) |
| 6:00pm – 6:30pm | Reception (Terrace Room) |
| 6:30pm – 8:00pm | Dinner (Terrace Room) |
| Tuesday | October 15, 2019 |
| 7:15am – 7:45am | Breakfast (Terrace Room) |
| 8:00am – 10:00am | Strategic Planning (Terrace Room) – Draft Strategic Plan Directions |
| 10:00am – 11:30am | Lightning Round (Terrace Room) |
| 11:30am – 12:00noon | Boxed Lunches Available for Pickup (Second Floor Lobby) |
| 1:00pm – 2:30pm | Oberlin Group Board of Directors (President’s Dining Room) |