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Interest in the Search Advocate program has grown steadily over the last few years, especially following a September 2016 feature article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Here are several ways you can learn more about OSU's model:
In February, 2021, Oregon State University and Stockton University of New Jersey hosted this first National Community of Practice meeting for Search Advocacy in higher education (90 minutes).
In spring 2022, Anne Gillies was interviewed by Emily Weak about the OSU Search Advocate program. Emily Weak authors the Hiring Librarians blog.
Search Advocate Foundations series - We invite you to be our guest at a Search Advocate workshop series. Non-OSU participants add perspectives and experiences that enrich the workshop for everyone, so OSU reserves a limited number of spaces for attendees from other colleges and universities. Each institution may register a maximum of two participants for a particular workshop series (as long as non-OSU spaces are available). When all non-OSU spaces have been filled, a wait list may be established. Costs to participate are described below:
Costs and limits are subject to change each fiscal/academic year.
For schedule information and registration, please see Search Advocate Workshops.
Search Advocate Update and Topics workshops – Occasionally non-OSU guests who have completed the Foundations series are interested in attending the Update or Topics workshops. If this is of interest to you, the per session cost is typically $50 for each person from outside of Oregon public higher education. The Foundations series is a prerequisite for these sessions. For schedule information and registration, please see Search Advocate Update and Topics Workshops for Non-OSU Guests.
For questions, please contact Anne Gillies, Search Advocate Program Director (anne.gillies@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-0865).
We present the OSU Search Advocate workshop series remotely (via Zoom) at other colleges and universities on a contract basis several times each year. If you are interested in this option, please attend the remote/Zoom workshop series offered by OSU before you commit. This ensures that you understand the program, have experienced the workshops, and can consider how you might establish and support an ongoing community of advocates at your own institution. Should you decide to bring the workshop series to your institution, please be aware that the waiting list is typically 20 institutions or more waiting to schedule, so waiting time is a year or more. Once we are able to identify dates, our contract office will work with your contract officer to develop a flat-rate contract including the standard per-workshop fee (currently $3,000 for a 16-hour 4-part series for up to 40 people via Zoom).