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October 26, 2010
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Washington, DC—Carol A. Mandel, Dean of the Division of Libraries, New York University, began a one-year term as President of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on October 14, 2010, during the ARL Fall Membership Meeting held in Washington, DC. She succeeds Brinley Franklin, Vice Provost, University Libraries, University of Connecticut. Franklin continues to serve as a member of the ARL Board of Directors and Executive Committee as Past President.
Also on October 14, the membership ratified the Board of Directors' election of Winston Tabb, Sheridan Director and Dean of University Libraries, Johns Hopkins University, as ARL Vice President/President-Elect.
Three new Board members were elected by the membership to serve three-year terms: Deborah A. Carver, Philip H. Knight Dean of Libraries, University of Oregon; Ernie Ingles, Vice-Provost, University of Alberta; and Anne R. Kenney, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, Cornell University.
Continuing elected members of the Board are: Colleen Cook, Dean of University Libraries, Holder of the Sterling C. Evans Chair in Librarianship, Texas A&M University; Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Director, University Libraries, Ohio State University; Deborah Jakubs, Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian, Vice Provost for Library Affairs, Duke University; Wendy Pradt Lougee, University Librarian, McKnight Presidential Professor, University of Minnesota; James Mullins, Dean of Libraries, Purdue University; and Sandra G. Yee, Dean, University Library System, Wayne State University.
Also serving on the Board in ex officio capacities are: Carole Moore, Chief Librarian, University of Toronto; Carton Rogers, Vice Provost and Director of Libraries, University of Pennsylvania; James F. Williams II, Dean of Libraries University of Colorado at Boulder; and Charles B. Lowry, Executive Director, ARL.
The Board is the governing body of the Association and represents the interests of ARL member libraries in directing the business of the Association, including establishing operating policies, budgets, and fiscal control; modifying the ARL mission and objectives; and representing ARL to the community.
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 125 research libraries in North America. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the web at http://www.arl.org/.