Association of Research Libraries (ARL®)

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Governance & Leadership

Committees, Task Forces & Working Groups

Updated December 11, 2012

ARL Officers and Board

(Terms begin and end in October)
Wendy Pradt Lougee, ARL President (Minnesota)  
2009–2014
Carol Pitts Diedrichs, ARL Vice President/President-Elect (Ohio State)  
2009–2015
Winston Tabb, ARL Past President (Johns Hopkins)  
2007–2013
Charles B. Lowry, ex officio (ARL Executive Director)    
2008–        
Larry Alford (Toronto)   2012–2015
Deborah A. Carver (Oregon)  
2010–2013
Connie Vinita Dowell (Vanderbilt)   2012–2014
Thomas Hickerson (Calgary)   2012–2015
Ernie Ingles (Alberta)   2010–2013
Anne R. Kenney (Cornell)   2010–2013
Olivia M. A. Madison (Iowa State)   2012–2015
Carton Rogers, ex officio (Pennsylvania)  
2010–2013
Judith C. Russell (Florida)   2011–2014
Jay Schafer (Massachusetts Amherst)   2011–2014
Jim Williams, ex officio (Colorado Boulder)  
2010–2013

ARL Board Committees and Task Forces

Executive Committee, 2012–2013

Wendy Pradt Lougee, ARL President (Minnesota)
Carol Pitts Diedrichs, ARL Vice President/President-Elect (Ohio State)
Winston Tabb, ARL Past President (Johns Hopkins)
Charles B. Lowry, ex officio (ARL Executive Director)

Coalition for Networked Information Steering Committee
ARL Representatives

(See below for complete committee roster.)
Jeffrey Horrell (Dartmouth)   July 2010–June 2013
Tyler O. Walters (Virginia Tech)   July 2011–June 2014
Thomas C. Leonard (California, Berkeley)   July 2012–June 2015

Diversity and Leadership Committee

Nancy Baker, Chair (Iowa)     2010–2012
Joyce Backus (National Library of Medicine)   2012–2014
Terry Birdwhistell (Kentucky)   2011–2013
Marianne Gaunt (Rutgers)   2010–2012
Ruth Jackson (California, Riverside)   2010–2012
Tom McNally (South Carolina)   2011–2013
Catherine Murray-Rust (Georgia Tech)   2012–2014
Sarah Pritchard (Northwestern)   2012–2014
Jay Schafer (Massachusetts Amherst)   2012–2014
William Walker (Miami)   2010–2012
Staff Liaison:    
   Mark A. Puente (ARL)    

Membership Committee

Paula Kaufman, Chair (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) 2009–2012
Cynthia Archer (York)   2012–2014
Jennifer Cargill (Louisiana State)   2010–2012
Brinley Franklin (Connecticut)   2012–2014
Ernie Ingles (Alberta)   2011–2013
Olivia M. A. Madison (Iowa State)   2011–2013
Sarah Michalak (North Carolina at Chapel Hill)   2012–2014
Dana C. Rooks (Houston)   2010–2012
Amy Ryan (Boston Public)   2010–2012
Brian E. C. Schottlaender (California, San Diego)   2011–2013
Julia Zimmerman (Florida State)   2011–2013
Staff Liaison:    
   Julia Blixrud (ARL)    

Statistics and Assessment Committee

Bill Potter, Chair (Georgia)   2010–2012
Cynthia Archer (York)   2011–2013
Colleen Cook (McGill)   2010–2012
Robert Fox (Louisville)   2012–2014
Joyce Garnett (Western Ontario)   2011–2013
Arnold Hirshon (Case Western)   2012–2014
Bonnie MacEwan (Auburn)   2012–2014
Ingrid Parent (British Columbia)   2010–2012
Jay Starratt (Washington State)   2011–2013
Denise Stephens (California, Santa Barbara)   2012–2014
Suzanne Thorin (Syracuse)   2010–2012
Andrew White (Stony Brook, SUNY)   2012–2014
Staff Liaison:    
   Martha Kyrillidou (ARL)    

Strategic Direction Steering Committees

Influencing Public Policies

Jim Williams, Chair (Colorado Boulder)    
2010–2013
Karen Adams (Manitoba)    2012–2014
David Carlson (Texas A&M)   2010–2012
Mary Case (Illinois at Chicago)    
2011–2013
Wendy Lougee (Minnesota)   2010–2012
Judith Russell (Florida)   2010–2012
Jay Schafer (Massachusetts Amherst)   2011–2013
Jay Starratt (Washington State)   2012–2014
Martha Whitehead (Queen's)    
2011–2013
Sandra G. Yee (Wayne State)   2011–2013
Staff Liaison:    
   Prue Adler (ARL)    

Advancing Scholarly Communication

Ann Wolpert, Chair (MIT)   2011–2012
Paul Courant (Michigan)   2011–2013
Barbara Dewey (Pennsylvania State)   2011–2013
Nancy Gwinn (Smithsonian)   2012–2014
Lorraine Haricombe (Kansas)   2010–2012
Jeffrey Horrell (Dartmouth)   2010–2012
Robert Hudson (Boston)   2010–2012
Paula Kaufman (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)   2012–2014
Joyce Ogburn (Utah)   2012–2014
Bernie Reilly (Center for Research Libraries)   2012–2014
Sherrie Schmidt (Arizona State)   2011–2013
Karin Trainer (Princeton)   2012–2014
Leslie Weir (Ottawa)   2011–2013
Staff Liaison:    
   Julia Blixrud (ARL)    

Transforming Research Libraries

   
Carton Rogers, Chair (Pennsylvania)   2010–2013
Larry Alford (Toronto)   2012–2014
Mary Casserly (Albany, SUNY)   2010–2012
Susan Gibbons (Yale)   2012–2014
Thomas Hickerson (Calgary)   2010–2012
Brenda Johnson (Indiana Bloomington)   2010–2012
Anne Kenney, ex officio (Cornell)   2010–2012
Artemis Kirk (Georgetown)   2012–2014
James Mullins, ex officio (Purdue)   2010–2012
James G. Neal (Columbia)   2010–2012
Louis Pitschmann (Alabama)   2010–2012
Carla Stoffle (Arizona)   2011–2013
Jeffrey Trzeciak (Washington in St. Louis)   2010–2012
Tom Wall (Boston College)   2012–2014
Vicki Williamson (Saskatchewan)   2011–2013
Staff Liaison:    
   Judy Ruttenberg (ARL)    

Advisory Committees, Working Groups, and Task Forces

These “action groups” work on specific projects and programs of the Association. They are ongoing or temporary as appropriate.

AAUP/ARL Working Group on University Press/Research Library Collaboration

Patrick Alexander (Penn State Press)
Richard Brown (Georgetown University Press)    
Ellen Faran (MIT Press)    
Marianne Gaunt (Rutgers)    
Peter Givler, ex officio (AAUP)    
Ernie Ingles (Alberta)    
Charles B. Lowry, ex officio (ARL)    
Ann Wolpert (MIT)    
Staff Liaison:    
   Julia Blixrud (ARL)    

E-Research Working Group

James Mullins, Chair (Purdue)   2010–2012
Martha Bedard (New Mexico)   2010–2012
Pam Bjornson (NRC)   2010–2012
Patrick Burns (Colorado State)   2011–2013
Mark Haslett (Waterloo)   2012–2014
Harriette Hemmasi (Brown)   2010–2012
Sara Lowman (Rice)   2011–2013
Clifford Lynch (CNI)     Liaison
Brian E. C. Schottlaender (California, San Diego)   2011–2013
MacKenzie Smith (California, Davis)   2010–2012
Staff Liaisons:    
   Judy Ruttenberg (ARL)    
   Prue Adler (ARL)    

Fair Use and Related Exemptions Working Group

Betsy Wilson, Chair (Washington)   2011–2013
Susan Gibbons (Yale)     2010–2012
Sara Lowman (Rice)     2011–2013
Scott Seaman (Ohio)   2010–2012
Ed Van Gemert (Wisconsin)     2010–2012
Diane Parr Walker (Notre Dame)   2012–2014
Staff Liaison:    
   Prue Adler (ARL)    

Joint Task Force on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities

Mary Case, Chair (Illinois at Chicago)    
Cynthia Archer (York)    
Nancy Baker (Iowa)    
Will Cross (North Carolina State)    
John Harwood (Pennsylvania State)    
Sarah Hawthorne (California, Berkeley)    
Kurt Herzer (Johns Hopkins)    
Tito Sierra (MIT)    
Ed Van Gemert (Wisconsin–Madison)    
Tom Wall (Boston College)    
Staff Liaisons:    
   Prue Adler    
   Judy Ruttenburg    

ARL Licensing Working Group

Jay Starratt, Chair (Washington State)   2011–2013
Ivy Anderson (Califonia Digital Library)   2011–2012
Rick Anderson (Utah)   2011–2012
Helen Clarke (Calgary)   2011–2013
Michael Stoller (New York)   2011–2013
Staff Liaisons:    
   Charles B. Lowry (ARL)    
   Julia Blixrud (ARL)      

Regional Federal Depository Libraries Working Group

Judith Russell, Chair (Florida)   2011–2013
Nancy Baker (Iowa)   2011–2013
Martha Bedard (New Mexico)   2011–2013
Don Dyal (Texas Tech)   2012–2014
Sheila Johnson (Oklahoma State)   2010–2012
Wendy Lougee (Minnesota)   2011–2013
Patricia Steele (Maryland)   2010–2012
Staff Liaison:    
   Prue Adler (ARL)    

Research Library Leadership Fellows (RLLF) Program Sponsors Advisory Committee (2011–2012)

Mary Case (Illinois at Chicago)
Jeffrey Horrell (Dartmouth)
Sarah Michalak (North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Ingrid Parent (British Columbia)
Sarah Pritchard (Northwestern)
William Walker (Miami)
Jim Williams (Colorado Boulder)
Staff Liaison:
   Charles B. Lowry (ARL)

Task Force on Reviewing ARL Statistics, ARL Supplementary Statistics, and ARL Annual Salary Survey, 2010-2012

Bill Potter, Chair (Georgia)  
Larry Alford (Toronto)  
Colleen Cook (McGill)  
Robert Fox (Louisville)  
Gordon Fretwell (Consultant)  
Joan Giesecke (Nebraska)  
Fred Heath (Texas at Austin)  
Eileen Hitchingham (Virginia Tech)  
Judith Nadler (Chicago)  
Ingrid Parent (British Columbia)  
Tom Wall (Boston College)  
Staff Liaison:  
   Martha Kyrillidou (ARL)  

Transforming Special Collections in the Digital Age Working Group

Anne Kenney, Chair (Cornell) 2010–2012
H. Austin Booth (Buffalo) 2010–2012
Susan Brynteson (Delaware) 2012–2014
Jackie Dooley (OCLC Research) 2012–2014
Nancy Gwinn (Smithsonian) 2011–2012
Thomas Hickerson (Calgary) 2010–2012
Clifford Lynch (CNI) Liaison
Ingrid Parent (British Columbia) 2010–2012
Steven Smith (Tennessee, Knoxville) 2012–2014
Gary Strong (California, Los Angeles) 2011-2013
Ann Thornton (New York Public) 2012–2014
Tyler Walters (Virginia Tech) 2012–2014
Karin Wittenborg (Virginia) 2012–2014
Staff Liaisons:
   Lisa Carter (ARL Visiting Program Officer/Ohio State)
   Judy Ruttenberg (ARL)

CNI, LibQUAL+®, and SPARC Steering Committees

Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Steering Committee (2012–2013)

Daniel Cohen (George Mason)  2012-2013
Jeffrey Horrell (Dartmouth) 2010-2013
Thomas C. Leonard (California, Berkeley) 2012-2015
Charles B. Lowry (ARL) ex officio
Kathryn Joan Monday (Richmond) 2011-2014
Diana G. Oblinger (EDUCAUSE) ex officio
Carrie E. Regenstein (Carnegie Mellon) 2010-2013
Elliott Shore (Bryn Mawr) 2012-2015
Tyler O. Walters (Virginia Tech) 2011-2014
Donald J. Waters (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) 2012-2013
Staff Liaison:  
   Clifford A. Lynch (CNI)  

LibQUAL+® Steering Committee

Colleen Cook (McGill)
Fred Heath (Texas at Austin)
Bruce Thompson (Texas A&M/Baylor College of Medicine)
Stephen Town (University of York [UK])
Staff Liaisons:
   Martha Kyrillidou (ARL)
   Charles B. Lowry (ARL)

Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Steering Committee

David Carlson, Chair (Texas A&M)
Jun Adachi (Japanese National Institute of Informatics)
Rosann Bazirjian (North Carolina at Greensboro)
Gerald Beasley (Concordia)
Lars Bjørnshauge (Lund)
Maggie Farrell (Wyoming)
Lorraine Haricombe (Kansas)
Rick Luce (Oklahoma)
Jonathan Miller (Rollins)
Patricia Renfro (Columbia)
Lee Van Orsdel (Grand Valley State)
Brian E. C. Schottlaender (California, San Diego)
Martha Whitehead (Queen's)
Staff Liaison:
   Heather Joseph (SPARC)