Julia Blixrud has been with the Association of Research Libraries since December 1996 and provides staff support to several ARL programs with external activities: Research, Teaching, and Learning; Leadership Development; Statistics and Measurement; and Scholarly Communication. Julia represents the Association at national and international meetings and events, provides advice for ARL publications and communications, and conducts special projects. She is staff to the Association's Membership Committee and works with the Visiting Program Officer program. Julia has served as a faculty member for ARL's former Office of Leadership and Management Services, facilitating institutes on the culture of assessment, project management, facilitation, and leadership and management as well as providing consulting services for institutional planning and assessment. In addition to her ARL duties, Julia is the Assistant Director for Public Programs for SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. Serving in that capacity since August 1999, she is implementing a grassroots educational and advocacy program directed to scientists and scholars, librarians, and society publishers.

Julia's 30-year career in the library community has included positions at CAPCON and MINITEX library networks, the Council on Library Resources, and the Library of Congress. Her interests and professional activities have included cooperative programs, serials, technical standards, library assessment, intellectual property, and scholarly communication. She has a BA in library science and Scandinavian studies from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and an MA in library science from the University of Minnesota.

Contact:

Julia Blixrud
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036

(202) 296-2296 ARL office
(202) 872-0884 fax
(785) 841-5550 Kansas office
(785) 841-5576 fax
(202) 251-4678 cell
e-mail: jblix@arl.org