Catherine B Soehner portrait
  • Associate Dean for Research and Director, Eccles Hlth Sci Library Oper
  • Librarian, Marriott Library
801-581-5071
http://lib.utah.edu

Presentations

  • Soehner, C. and Bell, S. “Change in a Volatile World: From Change Management to Change Readiness” LLAMA Program Committee at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., June 23, 2019. Presentation, Presented, 06/23/2019.
  • Soehner, C. “Managing Change: How to Keep Your Sanity in an Ever-Changing World.” (Invited Presentation). ALCTS Preconference Workshop. 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., June 21, 2019. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/21/2019.
  • Soehner, C., Capdarest-Arest, N., Kerns, S., Prince, D., Rethlefsen, M., and Williams, Jeffrey. “Tips for New Leaders: Advice from the Trenches.” Medical Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, May 5, 2019. Other, Presented, 05/05/2019.
  • Soehner, C., “Keeping Our Sanity.” (Invited Presentation). National Network of Libraries of Medicine Steering Committee. May 3, 2019. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/03/2019.
  • Soehner, C. “Using Change Management to Transform Your Library.” (Invited Presentation). American Library Association Webinar, April 25, 2019. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/25/2019.
  • Soehner, C., “Managing Change When You’re not in Charge: How to keep your sanity during organizational change.” Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference. April 12, 2019. Other, Presented, 04/12/2019.
  • Soehner, C. and Roe, C. “Conspiracy Thinking in Academic Libraries.” Stewart Library, Weber State University, March 19, 2019. Presentation, Presented, 03/19/2019.
  • Soehner, C. and Darling, A. “Effective Difficult Conversations: An essential competency for life and leadership.” National Network of Libraries of Medicine Summit. Baltimore, MD. March 4, 2019. Presentation, Presented, 03/04/2019.
  • Soehner, C. and Roe, C. “Conspiracy Thinking in Academic Libraries.” Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, February 5, 2019. Presentation, Presented, 02/05/2019.
  • Soehner, C., “Effective Difficult Conversations.” (Invited Presentation). Park City Public Library Staff Development Day. November 12, 2018. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/12/2018.
  • Soehner, C., “Effective Difficult Conversations PodCast.” (Invited Presentation). July 15, 2018. https://libraryleadershippodcast.com/tag/catherine-b-soehner/. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/15/2018.
  • Soehner, C., Donnelly, M., Paiva, M. “Increasing Research and Changing Culture: Initial analysis of change efforts.” Utah Library Association, May 17, 2018. Conference Paper, Presented, 05/17/2018.
  • Soehner, C. “Using Change Management to Transform Your Library.” (Invited Presentation). American Library Association Webinar, April 25, 2018. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/25/2018.
  • Soehner, C. “Managing Change: Dealing with nay-sayers, freak-outs, and doomsday predictors”; “How to Deal with Change without Losing Your Sanity”; “Difficult Conversations.” (Invited Presentations). Utah State University. January 5, 2018. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/05/2018.
  • Soehner, C. “Managing Change: Dealing with nay-sayers, freak-outs, and doomsday predictors”; “How to Deal with Change without Losing Your Sanity”; “Difficult Conversations.” (Invited Presentations). Utah State University. January 5, 2018. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/05/2018.
  • Soehner, C. “Effective Difficult Conversations.” (Invited Presentation). Western State Colorado University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/07/2017.
  • Soehner, C. “Using Change Management to Transform Your Library.” (Invited Presentation). American Library Association Webinar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/08/2017.
  • Soehner, C. Picking up the pieces: managing people after a reorganization of personnel. IFLA Satellite Meeting: Marketing and Management Section. Toronto, Canada, August 11, 2016. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/11/2016.
  • Hatch, G. and Soehner, C. The Comeback: A library celebration of faculty achievement. Utah Library Association. Layton, UT, May 6, 2016. Presentation, Presented, 05/06/2016.
  • Soehner, C. Developing Campus and Community Relationships for Introverts: How to make important connections and allies for your library, even if you hate talking to people. Utah Library Association. Layton, UT, May 5, 2016. Presentation, Presented, 05/05/2016.
  • Soehner, C., Brunvand, A., Gagliardi, A., Kraus, P., Mowdood, A., Reed, J. Rutledge, L. Conducting Research in your Library: Find answers to your questions! Preconference. Utah Library Association. Layton, UT, May 4, 2016. Other, Presented, 05/04/2016.
  • Soehner, C. “Using Change Management to Transform Your Library.” (Invited Presentation). American Library Association Webinar, February 4, 2016. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/04/2016.
    http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2015/12/learn-...
  • Soehner, C., Godfrey, I, and Bigler, S. “Bed Bugs and Other Bad News: An opportunity for media and public relations.” (Invited Presentation). Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Webinar, October 15, 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/15/2015.
  • Soehner, C. and Spears, J. Crucial Conversations. (Invited Presentation). iLEAD Workshop. Utah State Library. June 23, 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/23/2015.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXfQKIPhkHQ
  • Soehner, C. and Darling, A. Difficult Conversations: An essential competency for life and leadership. (Invited Presentation). Brigham Young University. May 21, 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/21/2015.
  • Godfrey, I. and Soehner, C. No More Tears: Welcoming students with children. Utah Library Association. May 15, 2015. Conference Paper, Presented, 05/15/2015.
  • Soehner, C. B. Student Computing Fees. IT Professionals Meeting. April 1, 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/01/2015.
  • Godfrey, I., Bigler, S., and Soehner, C. Bed Bugs and Other Bad News: An opportunity for media and public relations. Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference. March 26, 2015. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/26/2015.
  • Soehner, C. B. Change Management in Libraries: An Essential Competency for Leadership. (Invited Presentation) Change Management Symposium. Hospital Library Advisor Group for the New England Region of the National Network of the Libraries of Medicine. March 20, 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/20/2015.
  • Soehner, C. B. Data Training: The Basics. Day of Data Workshop: A workshop for Utah Libraries. University of Utah. February 20, 2015. Presentation, Presented, 02/20/2015.
  • Soehner, C. and Darling, A. Difficult Conversations: An essential competency for life and leadership. Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) Webinar Series. January 14, 2015. Presentation, Presented, 01/14/2015.
    http://www.ala.org/llama/1-14-15-llama-webinar
  • Soehner, CB. Innovation Services at the Marriott Library. UofU Internal Commercialization Coordination Council. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/12/2015.
  • Godfrey I. and Soehner, C. Contributing to Academic Success, Retention, and Completion Rates for Students who are also Parents. (Invited Presentation) Library Leadership and Management Association, New Professionals Section, American Library Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, June 28, 2014. Presentation, Presented, 06/28/2014.
  • Soehner, C. Change Management In Libraries: An Essential Competency For Leadership. International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries (IATUL), Aalto University, Espoo, Finland, June 5, 2014. Presentation, Presented, 06/05/2014.
  • Mowdood, A. and Soehner, C. Organizational Change in Libraries: A process for success. Utah Library Association. Sandy, UT, May 2, 2014. Presentation, Presented, 05/02/2014.
  • Soehner, C., Belliston, J., Smart, E., and Thoms, B. Data Management in Libraries: Policies, Training, and New Ideas. Utah Library Association. Sandy, UT, May 1, 2014. Presentation, Presented, 05/01/2014.
  • New Roles for New Times Webinar. Association of Research Libraries. (Invited Presentation). One of three panelists responding to the report, “New Roles for New Times: Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries.” September 27, 2013. Presentation, Presented, 09/27/2013.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnXtFcjURzg&feature...

Publications

  • Anderson, R & Anderson, R., Comer, A., Maringanti, H., Soehner, C., and Thompson, G. (2019). Strategic Planning for Academic Libraries: A step by step guide.. ALA Editions. Published, 09/02/2019.
  • Sorensen, J. & Sams, A., Soehner, CB. (2019). Remembering Our Past to Keep from Repeating It: Using Technology to Continue the Role of Libraries in Collecting and Disseminating Local Historical Data and Stories. Journal of New Librarianship. Vol. 4, 156-170. Published, 04/04/2019.
  • Soehner, CB (2018). Picking Up the Pieces: Managing people during and after a reorganization. Library Philosophy and Practice. Published, 06/02/2018.
    https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/1849/
  • Soehner, C (2018). We’ve All Been There: Conducting effective difficult conversations. American Libraries. Published, 03/01/2018.
    https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2018/03/01/w...
  • Soehner, Catherine (2017). Vignettes on the Value of Failure. Research Library Issues. Vol. 292. Published, 12/20/2017.
    http://publications.arl.org/u3htph/
  • Soehner, Catherine, Godfrey, Ian & Bigler, Scott (2017). Crisis Communication in Libraries: Opportunity for new roles in public relations. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Vol. 43, 268-273. Published, 05/2017.
  • Bell, Steven & Soehner, Catherine (2017). Leading a Difficult Conversation: There is Help. Leading from the Library. Library Journal,. Published, 04/27/2017.
    http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/04/opinion/leadi...
  • Godfrey, Ian, Rutledge, Lorelei, Mowdood, Alfred, Bigler, Scott, Reed, Jacob & Soehner, Catherine (2017). Supporting Student Retention and Success: Including family areas in an academic library. (pp. 375-388.). Vol. 17. Portal: Libraries and the Academy. Published, 02/2017.
    https://pwb01mw.press.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libr...
  • Soehner, Catherine & Darling, Ann (2017). ffective Difficult Conversations: A step by step guide. . American Library Association Editions.. Published, 01/2017.
  • Soehner, C. and Miller, J. 2015-2016 Association of College and Research Libraries Legislative Agenda. May, 2015. Published, 05/2015.
    http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/c...
  • Godfrey, I., Bigler, S., and Soehner, C. Bed Bugs and Other Bad News: An opportunity for media and public relations. Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference. March 25-28, 2015. Forthcoming. Published, 04/2015.
  • Soehner, C., Leading Change in Libraries: A case study. Library Leadership and Management. 2015; 29(2): August 2015. Published, 02/2015.
  • Soehner, CB. Change Management in Libraries: An Essential Competency for Leadership. International Association for Science and Technology University Libraries, 35th Annual Conference. Paper 14. June 5, 2014. Available: http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2014/plenaries/14. Published, 06/05/2014.
  • Soehner, C., Steeves, C., Ward, J. E-Science and Data Support Services: A Survey of ARL Member Institutions. Special Paper published by the Association of Research Libraries. August 12, 2010. [Online] Available: http://www.arl.org/news/pr/escience-12august10.shtml [October 2, 2010]. Published, 08/12/2010.