DigitalKoans

Michelle Boule, who recently authored the "Tips for High Turnover" posting about the high turnover rate at the University of Houston Libraries that DigitalKoans previously discussed, has herself resigned. In the 3 1/2 years that she has worked at the UH Libraries, Boule has become a well-known advocate for the Web 2.0 movement in libraries, most recently writing Changing the Way We Work. Boule was named as an ALA Emerging Leaders Program participant in 2006.

In her posting, she says, in part:

This post has been a long time coming. If all works out accordingly, this post will be published directly after or right before I hand the interested parties my letter of resignation from the University of Houston Libraries where I have worked for three and a half years. I am sad to be leaving my friends and colleagues behind, even though I will see most of them often enough. Those who know me or have been paying attention will not be surprised at my departure. I have needed, searched for, even longed for a change in work scenery for quite awhile.

With Boule's resignation, the University of Houston Libraries have, since May 2006, lost all three of their Library Journal Movers & Shakers recipients (Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Michelle Boule, and Jill Emery) as well as one ALA Emerging Leaders Program participant (Michelle Boule; Miranda Bennett is the remaining ALA Emerging Leader).

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