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Martha Sites Named Interim University Librarian at Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVa) has appointed Martha Sites as interim university librarian, effective December 25, 2014. Sites is currently UVa’s deputy university librarian and has served the UVa Library...
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Joseph D. Combs Jr. Named Interim Library Dean at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University appointed Joseph (Jody) Dale Combs Jr. as interim dean of libraries, effective August 1, 2014. Combs has served Vanderbilt’s library in a variety of capacities over 20 years and...
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Joyce Garnett Named Interim Library Dean at Iowa State
Iowa State University (ISU) appointed Joyce Garnett as interim dean of the university library, effective in September 2014. Garnett is university librarian emeritus at Western University in Ontario, Canada. She...
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Damon Jaggars Named Interim University Librarian at Columbia
Columbia University has appointed Damon Jaggars as interim university librarian, effective January 1, 2015. Jaggars has served as associate university librarian at Columbia since 2008 and was named acting associate...
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President Obama Signs Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments
On November 26, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014. This new law modernizes records management by focusing on electronic records, and...
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CLIR Board Elects Ingrid Parent, Appoints New Executive Committee
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has announced the appointment of Ingrid Parent to the CLIR Board of Directors. Parent is university librarian at the University of British...
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Networked Publishing: U Kentucky to Host Symposium on Digital Writing in the Humanities
The University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences is offering a free, public symposium on April 25, 2015, “Networked Publishing: Digital Writing in the Humanities.” Douglas Armato, director of...
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Chris Bourg Named Director of MIT Libraries
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has appointed Chris Bourg as director of libraries, effective in February 2015. Bourg currently serves as associate university librarian for public services at Stanford University...
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Royal Society of Canada Releases Report on Libraries, Archives, and Public Memory
On November 13, 2014, the Royal Society of Canada’s Expert Panel on the Status and Future of Canada’s Libraries and Archives published The Future Now: Canada’s Libraries, Archives, and Public...
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University Press Week 2014 to Celebrate Collaborative Work of Scholarly Presses
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) is celebrating the third annual University Press Week on Sunday, November 9–Saturday, November 15, 2014. The focus this year is on the vital...
