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• Rhea Ballard-Thrower Named Executive Director of Howard University Libraries

  Howard University has appointed Rhea Ballard-Thrower as associate professor and executive director of the libraries, effective September 2016. Ballard-Thrower was previously associate professor and director of the Howard University School...

• Rebecca Mugridge Named Dean of Libraries at University at Albany

  University at Albany has appointed Rebecca Mugridge as dean of University Libraries, effective August 26, 2016. Mugridge served as interim dean and director of libraries since July 2015. She joined...

• Memorial: Graham Roderick Hill, 1946–2016

  Graham Roderick Hill, university librarian at McMaster University for 26 years, died at the age of 70 on April 13, 2016. Hill began his career at McMaster in 1971 as a...

• Marion Crain Named Interim Leader of Libraries at Washington University in St. Louis

  Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) has appointed Marion G. Crain interim leader of the libraries, effective August 2016. Crain has served as vice provost since 2012 and as the Wiley...

• Carol Hunter Appointed Interim University Librarian at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill has named Carol Hunter interim university librarian, effective January 1, 2017. Hunter has served as deputy university librarian since 2013 and...

• Susanne Mehrer Named Dean of Libraries at Dartmouth

  Dartmouth College has appointed Susanne Mehrer dean of libraries, effective December 1, 2016. Mehrer is currently deputy librarian of Cambridge University Library in Cambridge, England. At Dartmouth, she will succeed...

• ARL Libraries Win Knight News Challenge Grants to Test Ideas

  Three Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members are among the fourteen winners of the 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries. Each winner will receive a share of $1.6 million from the...

• New ARL Library Directors Interviewed in Chronicle of Higher Education

  The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published brief profiles of three new directors of ARL member libraries: Valerie Hotchkiss, university librarian at Vanderbilt University effective August 1, 2016; Anne Jarvis,...

• ARL Libraries Invited to Apply for Humanities Open Book Grants—Deadline September 13

  Last year, the US National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation partnered to create Humanities Open Book, a grant program that offers awards up to...

• David Leonard Named Boston Public Library President

  The Boston Public Library (BPL) appointed David Leonard president on June 14, 2016. Leonard served as interim president since July 4, 2015, and in a variety of other administrative positions...

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