Abstract
John F. Helmer, executive director of the Orbis Cascade Alliance, has had an amazing career. In this interview with Valerie Horton, Helmer shares his insights, humor, and deep understanding of our profession. John sees the best of library collaborations as “entrepreneurial, spirited, ambitious,” and leading to the development of critically important working relationships. John offers many nuggets of wisdom for collaborative leaders in this interview. His insights into failure should be required reading in our profession. He argues that if you aren’t failing, you aren’t trying hard enough.
Recommended Citation
Helmer, John F. and Horton, Valerie
(2015)
"Finding Joy in Our Profession: John F. Helmer on Library Consortia,"
Collaborative Librarianship: Vol. 7:
Iss.
3, Article 2.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/collaborativelibrarianship/vol7/iss3/2