My big news

My big news is that I will shortly begin a new job. Yesterday I accepted a job offer from one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, to manage their library’s systems as well as their technical services operation. I am really excited about this opportunity. I’ve worked for two large, academic research libraries, for a small college library, and for a library systems vendor. Now I will find out what it’s like to work in a corporate library environment. I submitted my resignation today at Endeavor Information Systems, Inc., and my last day there will be May 17. I start my new job on May 22. In the new job I will still be tied somewhat to Endeavor but in a new and different way. This corporate library uses most of Endeavor’s software products, including Voyager (a traditional integrated library system consisting of an online catalog and other stuff), Meridian (their electronic resources management system, or ERMS), Discovery: Finder (formerly, ENCompass for Resource Access, which is a federated search tool), and Discovery: Resolver (formerly, LinkFinderPlus, Endeavor’s OpenURL service).

This opportunity is a real answer to prayer. Now my family and I have a sense of direction, of where we’re going in the coming months. It’s going to be pretty stressful because we will be looking for a new home, a new community to live in, and moving again. At the same time I will be starting a new job, teaching a graduate course, and finishing up a book chapter.