{"id":42640,"date":"2013-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/03\/19\/mcgoogan-library-director-to-retire-june-30-2\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:33:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:33:57","slug":"mcgoogan-library-director-to-retire-june-30-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/03\/19\/mcgoogan-library-director-to-retire-june-30-2\/","title":{"rendered":"McGoogan Library director to retire June 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Here are some things Nancy Woelfl, Ph.D., wants you to know about librarians:<\/p>\n<p><UL><br \/>\n<LI>They don&#8217;t wear crepe-soled shoes;<br \/>\n<LI>They don&#8217;t all say &#8220;SHHHHHH!!!&#8221;; and<br \/>\n<LI>They aren&#8217;t quiet.<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>In fact, in 26 years as the director of the McGoogan Library at UNMC, Dr. Woelfl has made a lot of noise.<\/p>\n<p>On June 30, Dr. Woelfl will retire as the library&#8217;s director. She can still remember when she arrived on campus in 1986 to interview for the job.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I remember looking around and already detecting that strong sense of purpose in everyone I talked to,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>In her time at UNMC, Dr. Woelfl has shown a sense of purpose of her own.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dr. Woelfl has overseen a massive expansion of the materials and resources available to academic faculty, staff, students and Nebraska residents,&#8221; said Dele Davies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies.<\/p>\n<p>Among her many accomplishments, Dr. Woelfl:<br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI>Introduced the first systematic planning process for library information services at UNMC;<br \/>\n<LI>Oversaw an eight-fold expansion of the size of the library endowment;<br \/>\n<LI>Expanded the quantity and quality of digital journals, books and other materials available while simultaneously contracting the printed volumes and saving valuable space in the process; and<br \/>\n<LI>Led the extensive planning and budgeting process for the 1999-2000 renovation of the library floors.<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nancy is especially proud of the high quality of service that students, faculty and staff have come to expect form her dedicated library staff,&#8221; Dr. Davies said. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Woelfl, who will spend her retirement traveling with her husband, John, said one of the best things about her career has been watching UNMC grow and evolve.<\/p>\n<p>Another is the many friendships she developed with the medical students who passed through the library. As one of the librarians who introduce first-year students to the library, Woelfl met many students during their first day on campus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have a number of close friends that I met the first day they were here as students,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve seen them become outstanding physicians, compassionate and caring &#8211; they really care about making the world a better place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Woelfl has received various honors and awards including the UNMC Environmental Service Staff-Creating a Positive Workplace Award, UNMC Faculty Senate-Honorary Senator Status Award, Medical Library Association, Midcontinental Chapter-Outstanding Achievement Award and the Hetzner Award for Excellence in Academic Health Librarianship.<\/p>\n<p>She has served as the UNMC Faculty Senate Parliamentarian since 1987.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 20 years later, Nancy Woelfl, Ph.D., still remembers when she first arrived to interview 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