Eric C. Shoaf is Dean of the Library at Queens University of Charlotte. He has 30 years experience working in five different library systems of varying sizes, and over the past 15 years has been heavily involved in library building and renovation projects at a variety of institutions. Eric is widely published in the library literature and previously served as editor for Library Leadership & Management, the journal published by the American Library Association’s LLAMA division. He has been a speaker about library renovation and about partnerships with architects and space planners at national conferences.