In Conversation
Episode 8 Carol Tenopir
Chancellor’s Professor Emerita
In conversation with Carol Tenopir, Chancellor’s Professor Emerita at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She discusses her non-traditional path to librarianship, progression from consultant to professor to dean, editorship of Library Journal, Fulbright fellowship, and move from Hawaii to Tennessee to Michigan. She addresses the issues of being a parent while working and shares how her broad range of interests led to her wide-reaching career.
Trailer (1:01)
Interview (01:25:27)
Timecodes
00:00:00 – Introducing Carol Tenopir
00:02:21 – Story in her own words
00:04:07 – Her library career
00:05:01 – Start in consulting in a small company
00:08:02 – Move to University of Hawaii
00:10:06 – Move to Illinois to pursue PhD
00:11:00 – Start with Library Journal
00:12:00 – Move back to University of Hawaii; joining faculty
00:13:26 – Meeting husband at ASIS&T
00:14:00 – Move to University of Tennessee
00:16:01 – Appointment to administrative role
00:18:00 – Childhood
00:23:11 – Retirement in Michigan
00:27:49 – Biggest events in career
00:35:17 – Role of serendipity in turning points of her career
00:38:40 – Defining information science and role in the LIS field
00:45:53 – People who influenced her work
00:48:20 – Books that influenced her work
00:49:30 – Fulbrights and international connections
00:52:00 – Key skills that have helped over the years
00:55:04 – Personality (shyness and introversion) and ASIS&T involvement
00:57:10 – Biggest successes
01:00:00 – Resilience and difficult times
01:07:10 – Impact of COVID
01:10:00 – Something she wishes she knew earlier in life
01:14:00 – Life principles and values
01:15:00 – What happiness means to her
01:17:17 – Living internationally
01:18:20 – Retirement
01:20:18 – Mentoring advice
01:22:15 – Misinformation
01:24:10 – Retirement
More about Carol Tenopir The University of Tennessee Knoxville | Google Scholar
This interview was supported by the COCIS Innovation Fund at Simmons University.