Our Team
Carol Diedrichs, Lisa German, and Brian Schottlaender are the three Principals at re:work library consulting. They have more than 80 years of combined experience. Carol, Lisa, and Brian have been deans of major ARL universities, recipients of multiple awards from the American Library Association, and are nationally recognized for their leadership in libraries. They have been consulting partners and colleagues for many years and are looking forward to partnering with you.
Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Principal
Carol holds the title of Professor and Director Emeritus of The Ohio State University Libraries. She retired from OSU as the Vice Provost and Director of University Libraries in 2016.
Lisa German, Principal
Lisa is currently the University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Minnesota. Previously, she was the Dean of University Libraries and Elizabeth D. Rockwell Chair at the University of Houston and Associate Dean at Penn State.
Brian E. C. Schottlaender, Principal
Brian holds the title of University Librarian Emeritus of the University of California, San Diego. He retired from UC San Diego as The Audrey Geisel University Librarian in June 2017.
Strategic Affiliates
Steven Smith, Associate Consultant
Steve is dean of the libraries at the University of Tennessee. In addition to a long experience in all aspects of library administration and special collections, Steve also has an extensive background in budget management, collections, facilities, operations, fundraising, and strategic planning.
Neil Rambo, Affiliate Consultant
Emerging health sciences librarian roles has been a recurrent theme throughout much of Neil’s
nearly 35-years in academic health sciences library leadership. Related themes of expanding
services and evolving organizational structures and relationships have also figured prominently
in his work.
Karen Williams, Affiliate Consultant
Karen Williams is Dean Emeritus of University Libraries at the University of Arizona. Karen is a strong proponent of shared leadership and collaborative endeavors both across a campus and between institutions. Karen serves on the the Advisory Board for the MA degree in the UA School of Information, and she volunteers with Literacy Connects.