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Jon Cawthorne Summary

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This article is an interview with Jon Cawthorne, Dean of Libraries at the West Virginia University Libraries. His research work focuses on scenario planning for libraries. He is one of only a few African American, young, male, library directors. Dr. Cawthorne received his Ph.D. in Managerial Leadership from Simmons College in 2013. As he states in the article, he decided to become a library director after a library leader attempted to persuade him not to become a director. He decided to pursue education and training that would prepare him to be the best director he could become.
The interviewee asked Dr. Cawthorne, “What is your library leadership philosophy?” His philosophy in part was, “A focus on and importance of self-empowerment
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