Terry Metz

Terry Metz consults for academic library and information technology organizations at colleges and small universities. He focuses primarily on organizational development, process improvement, strategic alignment, and staff development. He also provides expertise for unifying library and technology services for organizational effectiveness.

Terry most recently served as university librarian at Washington and Lee University. He held prior appointments as library director at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, and as vice president for library and information services at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. His cabinet-level position at Wheaton was responsible for unifying the information assets of the college both in support of the college’s academic mission and its management and operations.

Terry is an EDUCAUSE Frye Fellow from the class of 2000. Terry co-authored a chapter entitled, “From Tribes to Community: On Leadership Issues Related to the Integration of Library and Computing,” inLeadership, Higher Education, and the Information Age: a New Era for Information Technology and Libraries (Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2003). He also co-authored, “Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: The Integrated IT/Library Organization.” This article appeared in the May/June 2004 issue of EDUCAUSE Review.