Susan E. Parker, UBC’s University Librarian, has been appointed as UBC iSchool’s newest Associate Faculty Member.
At the iSchool, Dr. Parker will contribute through research collaborations, supervision of student research and strategic initiatives. We are thrilled to bring her expertise and leadership into the school and to continue to strengthen our partnership between the iSchool and the UBC Library.
Ms. Parker was appointed University Librarian in September 2017. She was previously the Deputy University Librarian at UCLA from 2005 until mid-2017, where she had a broad administrative and operations portfolio that included the budget and fiscal planning, space planning and renovation, assessment, programming, and various user services. From 2015-2017, Ms. Parker served as interim Director of Library Special Collections. She was Associate Dean of the Oviatt Library at California State University, Northridge from 1997-2005 and worked previously at Harvard Law School Library and at Tufts University.
Susan Parker is known as a speaker and author of numerous publications on library leadership and disaster planning in libraries. Her service with the American Library Association, Library Leadership and Management Association, and the Association of College and Research Libraries extends over more than 30 years. She holds an M.A. in U.S. history from Indiana University, an M.L.S. from Queens College, City University of New York and a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology with a research focus on credible optimism and positive leadership in libraries. Parker was a member of the 2003 class of UCLA Senior Fellows and a member of the 2013-15 cohort of ARL Leadership Fellows.
Welcome, Susan, to UBC iSchool!
