[LIBRARYDIR] A personal update

Mon Mar 14 11:34:26 PDT 2022

I want to recognize both Ayana and Candice for their fantastic leadership in LLC and in the system. I appreciate you both as colleagues at LLC, and Aryana as a close collaborator at the Seattle Colleges.  Thank you both for the ways that you have inspired me with your smartness and leadership.

I wish the best to both of you in your next adventures.

--Lynn
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Lynn Kanne
Dean, Libraries<http://seattlecentral.edu/library> | Employee Development<http://www.seattlecentral.edu/employee/prof-dev.php>
Seattle Central College | e: Lynn.kanne at seattlecolleges.edu<mailto:Lynn.kanne at seattlecolleges.edu> p: 206-934-4072

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Candice!
I so admire and appreciate you and the work you have done with and through LLC and elsewhere.  Full throttle into the next big blue!

I'll just piggy-back here since it seems to be the time for announcements.  I, too, will be leaving the system and higher ed.  My last day at North won't be until June 30, so I'll see y'all at Spring LLC.  My partner and I aren't leaving Seattle physically, but our life is shifting radically as I figure out my next move work wise.  It is disquieting, but necessary and...exciting.

Best of luck, Candice.  I feel your itch.

Aryana

Aryana Bates, MLS, PhD

Dean, LTS (Library<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flibguides.northseattle.edu%2Fwelcome%2Finstruction&data=04%7C01%7C%7C1c2c7120acf14b46326108da05cc9c39%7C02d8ff38d7114e31a9156cb5cff788df%7C0%7C0%7C637828673615869077%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=A8Tvgah85w0pUa7m0PLl9XyWwa7kR9gfmhLstYLeoy8%3D&reserved=0>, TLC<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnorthseattle.edu%2Ftlc&data=04%7C01%7C%7C1c2c7120acf14b46326108da05cc9c39%7C02d8ff38d7114e31a9156cb5cff788df%7C0%7C0%7C637828673615869077%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=oaMEc%2F%2Bzv30Mlhar5K60ZIWi48tYFXxPVLxTV553V6s%3D&reserved=0>, SMC<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnorthseattle.edu%2Fstudent-media-center&data=04%7C01%7C%7C1c2c7120acf14b46326108da05cc9c39%7C02d8ff38d7114e31a9156cb5cff788df%7C0%7C0%7C637828673615869077%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=hxRWze4RWwuWwvxnIV831VK64CxYBk4b%2BV1Tn%2B8Zhwg%3D&reserved=0>)

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Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] A personal update

Hello LLC! I'm writing to let you know that I will be leaving my position at TCC, as well as librarianship and higher ed. I know that this may be a shock to many of you. Believe me, the decision was not an easy one! Over the 7 years that I've been in the WA system, I have been blessed with wonderful colleagues. Honestly, it took me a while to warm up to the system. I came from Oregon where community colleges operate very autonomously - every college for themselves! At first, I was a little confused by the system here in WA and the purpose of this group. But obviously, that's changed over the years. I've come to really value LLC. You serve to support each other in so many ways, and I think being in a system together only strengthens what we do!

My decision to leave is, well, personal. I've devoted many years to libraries and higher education. While difficult to leave this path, life is short, and I find myself looking for a new challenge in life and a new kind of path. I'll also be moving north with my partner and starting a new life together. So, it's this "life" vortex, I guess you could say, and it's just the right time for me to step away, especially since the job of Dean over the library/elearning at TCC was posted very recently. Transition is in the air!

My last day at TCC is March 25. I'll be working closely with the LLC executive board on planning for the remainder of this academic year and how to approach filling the past chair role next year, in which I would have served. We will be communicating out to you more about this soon.

Thank you for teaching me how to be a better colleague and how to be a better colleague in a 'system.' I've learned a lot from you, and I've made many friends in this group. I appreciate you and wish you the very best in the future!

Candice

Candice Watkins [she/her pronouns]

Interim Dean of Library & Learning Innovation

Tacoma Community College

6501 South 19th Street

Tacoma, WA. 98466

253-566-5091

cwatkins at tacomacc.edu<mailto:cwatkins at tacomacc.edu>

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