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University of Kentucky: "Doug Way Named Next Dean of UK Libraries"

The University of Kentucky has released "Doug Way Named Next Dean of UK Libraries."

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For five years, Way has served as associate university librarian for Collections and Research Services at UW-Madison, where he provides leadership for the library’s collection development and management, resource sharing and scholarly communications programs. During his tenure, he supervised a direct staff of 75 full-time employees and an overall budget of $12 million for the university's general libraries system of 14 libraries that supports more than 4 million visitors per year. . .

Before arriving at UW-Madison, Way served as head of collections and scholarly communications at Grand Valley State University. While at Grand Valley State, he also spearheaded a statewide distributed shared print program that resulted in nine state-funded institutions in Michigan working collectively to manage widely held low-use collections.

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"Purdue Appoints New Dean for Libraries and School of Information Studies"

Purdue University has released Purdue Appoints New Dean for Libraries and School of Information Studies.

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Beth McNeil, dean of library services and professor at Iowa State University, will join Purdue on July 1. . . .

Previously, McNeil was Purdue's associate dean for academic affairs and a professor of Purdue Libraries. Before her initial appointment at Purdue, McNeil was assistant, and then associate, dean of libraries for the University of Nebraska. She also has held positions in the libraries at Bradley University and the University of Illinois.

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"Karyn A. Temple Is Named Register of Copyrights"

The United States Copyright Office has released Karyn A. Temple Is Named Register of Copyrights.

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Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced that she has appointed Karyn A. Temple as Register of Copyrights and director of the U.S. Copyright Office, effective today, March 27, 2019. Temple has been Acting Register of Copyrights since October 21, 2016. . . . .

Prior to her appointment as Acting Register, Temple had served since 2013 as Associate Register of Copyrights and director of policy and international affairs for the U.S. Copyright Office. In that role, she oversaw the office’s domestic and international policy analyses, legislative support, and international negotiations.

Before joining the Copyright Office in 2011, Temple served as senior counsel to the deputy attorney general of the United States, where she helped formulate U.S. Department of Justice policy on legal issues and helped manage the Department of Justice’s Task Force on Intellectual Property. She also spent several years in private practice as vice president, litigation and legal affairs for the Recording Industry Association of America and at the law firm Williams & Connolly, LLP.

"Charles McClure Wins 2019 LITA/OCLC Kilgour Research Award"

ALA has released Charles McClure Wins 2019 LITA/OCLC Kilgour Research Award.

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Charles McClure has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology, sponsored by OCLC and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA). He is the Francis Eppes Professor of Information Studies in the School of Information at Florida State University and the Director of the Information Use Management and Policy Institute at FSU. Previously he was a Distinguished Professor at the iSchool at Syracuse University and Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma.

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"Memorial: William Gosling, 1943–2019"

ARL has released "Memorial: William Gosling, 1943–2019."

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At University of Michigan (U-M), Gosling served as university librarian from 1997 to 2005. Under his leadership, U-M became one of the initial partners in the Google Books Project, which grew into the HathiTrust Digital Library. Before becoming university librarian, Gosling was assistant director for technical services and library systems at U-M from 1986 to 1997. Prior to that, he served as head of technical services at Duke University Libraries from 1976 to 1986.

Complete obituary from the Ann Arbor News.

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"Kumsal Bayazit Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Elsevier"

Elsevier has released "Kumsal Bayazit Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Elsevier."

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Bayazit has worked at RELX Group, Elsevier's parent company, since 2004. She started her career at Legal and Risk & Business Analytics, where she held a number of senior strategy and operational roles. In 2012, she was appointed Chief Strategy Officer of RELX Group, as well as chair of the company's Chief Technology Officers' Forum, formed to foster a strategic acceleration into an increasingly data-driven business focused on analytics and decision tools. For the past three years, she has been the Regional President for Europe, Middle East and Africa at RELX Group’s exhibitions business.

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"New Leader for Harvard Library"

Harvard University has released "New Leader for Harvard Library" by Alvin Powell.

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Martha Whitehead, who has led the library at Queen's University in Ontario, has been named to lead Harvard Library, the largest academic library in the world and the nation’s oldest.

Whitehead had been Queen's University librarian since 2011 and vice provost since 2014.

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John Wilkin Given Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award: "University Librarian Recognized for Achievements in Library Automation"

The Illinois News Bureau has released "University Librarian Recognized for Achievements in Library Automation."

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"He managed the partnership with Google to digitize the University of Michigan's collection, eventually leading to the foundation of the HathiTrust. As executive director of the HathiTrust, John established a model for shared governance and large-scale collaboration that secured sharing provisions for member libraries," [Bruce] Johnson said. "In his current role as university librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, John continues to lead innovation efforts, particularly in the area of research data curation. All of these achievements have had far-reaching impact in the library profession and beyond, providing a foundation for transformation in publishing, research and unprecedented access to digital content."

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"Deputy Provost Joseph Meisel Named Next Brown University Librarian"

Brown University has released "Deputy Provost Joseph Meisel Named Next Brown University Librarian."

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Meisel has served as deputy provost since his arrival to Brown in 2010 and as interim University librarian since Aug. 1, 2018. . . .

Meisel holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Columbia University. . . .

Before coming to Brown, he spent 11 years at the Mellon Foundation as a program officer for research universities and humanistic scholarship.

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Gale S. Etschmaier Named as Dean of Florida State University Libraries

The Florida State University Libraries have released "FSU Names New Dean of University Libraries."

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At San Diego State, Etschmaier provided leadership for the library and the university's student computer hub with more than 700 computers. She oversaw 80 faculty and staff, 100 student assistants and a budget of approximately $12 million.

Prior to her tenure at San Diego State, Etschmaier spent a decade as associate university librarian for public service at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

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Austin Booth Named Dean of Libraries at New York University

Austin Booth has been named Dean of Libraries at New York University.

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Austin received her BA in English and Economics from Cornell University in 1984, and received her MLIS from University of California, Berkeley in 1987. She received an MA in English Language and Literature in 1992 and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies in 1995, both from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Austin has been with the Libraries at Buffalo in increasingly prominent roles since 1997, including Director, Arts & Sciences Libraries and Director of Collections. Previously, Austin worked at San Jose State University, UC Berkeley, and Oakland Public Library.

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Joseph Salem Jr. Recommended to Michigan State University Board of Trustees as Director of Libraries/University Librarian

Joseph Salem Jr. has been recommended to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees as the Director of Libraries/University Librarian.

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Salem is currently the associate dean for learning, undergraduate services and commonwealth campus libraries at Penn State, a role he assumed in 2015.

In that role, he has led Penn State's open and affordable course content program, built the libraries' assessment effort, developed a programmatic approach to teaching and learning, developed the Diversity Librarian Residency program, created undergraduate internships and graduate assistantships within the libraries and led strategic and space planning.

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