A Note to My Subscribers (Especially Those Who Are Paying)

First of all, thanks so much for being a part of this ongoing experiment. I started Vision & Balance last September, unsure whether there would be enough interest to sustain it and with a bit of trepidation as to whether I'd be able to come up with two meaningful posts per week on the topic of leadership and management in academic libraries. And yet here we are – it seems to be going pretty well.

However, I've fallen out of love with the Ghost newsletter platform and have decided to make some changes.

First of all, I'm planning to migrate V&B from Ghost to a blog platform in September. This will provide a more flexible and open space for comments and interaction between me and you.

Second, I'm going to move away from the subscription model and instead make the newsletter free to all. So for those of you who have been subscribing on either a monthly or an annual basis: please don't renew after August; it won't be necessary. (I'm trying to figure out how to make that change immediately in Ghost so that renewal is disabled, but one of my complaints about that platform is how difficult they make it to see how to make such changes.)

Over the next month or so I'll be migrating the existing library of V&B posts over to a blog so that when I make the transition in September, everything will be there waiting for us.

So stay tuned! There will be more information soon. In the meantime, I plan to continue my twice-weekly posting schedule, so watch for a new article this Thursday.