Research Profile: Dr. Ken Haycock

Dr. Ken Haycock, FCCT
Professor

Statement of Research Interests & Experience

My research interests are framed by my education and my administrative and political experiences as a senior education official, an academic administrator and as a management consultant. My consulting firm specializes in executive searches for public library directors and senior staff and training in collaboration, advocacy and authentic governance. My professional and research interests are thus centered in graduate education and in positioning library leadership for impact.

My publications demonstrate an interest in tertiary reviews of research as a basis for decision-making and further research, in collaboration with graduate students in the research enterprise and in applied research through consulting contracts. My focus as an academic administrator has been in developing research cultures through effective change management, first at the University of British Columbia and now at San Jose.

As my academic career has been solely as an administrator my projects have been collaborative and shorter-term with emphasis on application and presentations at professional and scholarly conferences. As the coordinator of the San Jose Gateway PhD program, I am committed to working with doctoral students through to their successful dissertation defense.

Possible PhD Thesis Topic Area

management and leadership –strategic human resources management; succession/talent management; demonstrating value; advocacy; organizational models and issues; public library governance;
education for LIS–role clarification; development of library leaders; academic program administration;
teacher–librarianship–role and effectiveness of teacher–librarians.

Ten Representative Publications

Haycock, K., & Sheldon, B. (Eds.). (2008). The portable MLIS. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
Haycock, K. (2007). Collaboration: Critical success factors for student learning. School Libraries Worldwide, 13(1), 25-35. Refereed.
Haycock, K. (2007). Education for Library and Information Studies in Canada: A cross-cultural comparison. New Library World, 108(1/2), 32-39. Refereed.
Haycock, K. (2006). Dual use libraries: Guidelines for success. Library Trends, 54(4), 488-500. Invited.
Haycock, K. (2005). Librarianship: Intersecting perspectives from the academy and from the field. In N. Horrocks (Ed.), Perspectives, insights and priorities: 17 leaders speak freely of librarianship (pp. 63-72). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. Shorter version appeared in Feliciter 51(1),18-22. Invited.
Haycock, K. (2004). Management review and recommendations. Saskatoon, SK: Wheatland Regional Library Board. 130 pp. Consulting project.
Haycock, K. (2003). The crisis in Canada’s school libraries: The case for reform and re-investment. Toronto: Association of Canadian Publishers. Invited research contract.
Haycock, K. (2001). Continuing professional education: Towards evidence-based practice. In Woolls, B., & Sheldon, B. (Eds.), Developing lifelong continuing professional education across space and time: The fourth world conference on Continuing Professional Education for the Library and Information Science Professions (pp. 1-8). Munchen: K. G. Saur. Refereed.
Haycock, K. (2000). Information literacy as a key connector for all libraries: What all librarians can learn from teacher librarians. In D. Booker (Ed.), Concept, challenge, conundrum: From library skills to information literacy; Proceedings of the fourth national information literacy conference conducted by the University of South Australia Library and the Australian Library and Information Association Information Literacy and Special Interest Group, 3-5 December, 1999 (pp. 15-24). Adelaide, SA: University of South Australia Library. Refereed.
Haycock, K., & Cavill, P. (1999). Connecting marketing and implementation research and library program development: A case study of the implementation of national (U.S.) guidelines and standards. In L. Lighthall and E. Howe (Eds.), Unleash the power! Knowledge-technology-diversity; Papers presented at the third annual forum on research in school librarianship (pp. 5-37). Seattle, WA: International Association of School Librarianship. ISBN 1-89861-23-5. Refereed.

Professional Memberships & Related Matters

I have worked in most library environments, as library media coordinator for a major city school district, CEO of a regional public library system, manager of special libraries and on the review team for university libraries. I have also been a senior official of a $400m public organization.

I am a firm believer in the power of associations and coalitions in affecting change. As a consequence I take an active role in shaping direction and priorities in my communities, from past president of professional associations (e.g., American Association of School Librarians; Association for Library and Information Science Education; Canadian Library Association) to advisory councils and boards (executive board and council, American Library Association; dozens of community and government advisory boards and commissions) to my local community (elected municipal councilor and school board trustee and chair).

The means by which political decisions are made and support provided, framed as demonstrating value and effective advocacy, also interest me.

My contributions have been recognized by a number of national and international awards for teaching, service and research.

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