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DPLA Appoints New Board Members, Announces New Committees
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has announced the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors: Robert Darnton, the Carl H. Pforzheimer university professor and university...
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Temple University Appoints Joseph P. Lucia Dean of Libraries
Joseph P. Lucia, university librarian and director of Falvey Memorial Library at Villanova University, has been named Temple University's dean of university libraries, effective July 1, 2013. For details, see...
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UC Berkeley’s Tom Leonard Wins New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest
Tom Leonard, university librarian at University of California (UC), Berkeley, submitted a winning entry to the New Yorker’s weekly cartoon caption contest. The cartoon, by artist Joe Dator, shows a cat...
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CLIR Receives Sloan Grant for Data Curation Fellows
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) $1.3 million to expand CLIR's efforts to develop leaders in the profession of data curation...
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Western University’s Joyce Garnett to Retire
Joyce Garnett, university librarian at Western University, has announced that she will retire after 15 years at Western. Her official retirement date is March 31, 2014, but she will step...
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Indiana Names Joel Silver Director of Lilly Library
Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries at Indiana University Brenda L. Johnson has announced the appointment of Joel Silver as the director of the Lilly Library, effective April 1, 2013....
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NYPL Appoints Mary Lee Kennedy Chief Library Officer
Mary Lee Kennedy, senior associate provost for the Harvard Library, has been appointed chief library officer at New York Public Library (NYPL), effective May 15, 2013. This is a newly created...
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Oklahoma Appoints Carl Grant Associate Dean & CTO
The University of Oklahoma (OU) Libraries have tapped Carl Grant to serve as their new associate dean for knowledge services and chief technology officer. Grant is currently an independent consultant...
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Cornell Displays Emancipation Proclamation
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Cornell University Library is publicly displaying its original copy, which holds some little-known history. President Abraham Lincoln signed the library’s copy...
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Vanderbilt TV News Archive Wins Regional Emmy
Vanderbilt’s Television News Archive received the Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement from the MidSouth Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences during its awards ceremony January 26,...
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