The search committee for the next vice provost for Library and Technology Services and chief information officer has narrowed the field of candidates to a group of 10 individuals, said co-chair of the committee Prof. Ann Koloski-Ostrow (CLAS) at the faculty meeting last Thursday.

The 10 "semi-finalists" are a "good mix of people with very strong library experience and with some very strong [Information Technologies] experience and some with both," said Koloski-Ostrow.

The committee will hold a series of interviews this week, and they expect three or four candidates to emerge from the group of 10 for the next round of consideration.

"What they have in common … are ... strong leadership skills, a sense of creativity and vision," said Koloski-Ostrow at the faculty meeting. "Our committee felt strongly that the candidates should have had, in the course of their careers, some exposure to higher education."

The search firm Isaacson, Miller, will perform subsequent background checks on the finalists, and the candidates will be invited back in early November for another round of interviews.

The committee will then recommend candidates and arrange interviews with Provost Steve Goldstein '78 and other senior leaders. A final choice is expected between the middle and end of December.

Whoever is hired "will find here at Brandeis a very strong staff with tremendous expertise, and we think that is going to be a great selling point for the candidates that we will be interviewing," said Koloski-Ostrow.

Perry Hanson, who announced his resignation last fall, currently serves as the vice provost for Library and Technology Services and chief information officer and will do so until a successor is announced.

Following Hanson's announcement, the Library and Technology Services Advisory Committee was asked "to examine succession planning and issues related to future LTS leadership," according to a Feb. 10 campuswide email from University President Frederick Lawrence.

The report concluded that "Library and Technology Services should remain a merged organization [and] the LTS leader should report to the Provost."

The report also suggested that a "national search" be conducted for the next CIO.