dean of libraries i can understand, since that is an administrative role, although I would expect there should still be some desire for that role to be filled by someone from the field

but librarian?
well i can see that you really are the university librarian, but what does it say about the position or title (or school of library and information science that I assume you want people to believe has some value) that you became one of the biggest most “powerful”/important/prestigious whatever librarians without any relevant background or experience, wow you became interested while searching for a librarian

must be nice
the fact that they chose to nominate you shows that the selection committee doesn’t really put any value in the whole idea of library and information science as a school or academic field in it’s own regard

if i want to be the head librarian for a university i am better off getting a phd in economics and being an administrator?

it is interesting because people outside the field do question the validity of library and information science as its own academic field, and the value of such an education

the thinking goes that well really you just need a masters degree to be a librarian as a formality and a way for librarians to keep their numbers down and universities to take more kid’s money, but really it s not like you couldn’t just do the job just by being a bright person etc

clearly this is a view you and the university subscribe to

i think it is a joke that the university continues offer masters and phd programs in library and information sciences, and subscribes to any concept of accreditation for these programs