York University has appointed Andrea Kosavic interim dean, York University Libraries (YUL), effective July 1, 2023, for a period of one year.
Kosavic has served as associate dean, digital engagement and strategy, in York University Libraries, since 2016. Prior to that, she served for 10 years as digital initiatives librarian. Over the course of her term as associate dean, she has concurrently served as interim associate dean of research and interim associate dean teaching and learning.
During her time with YUL, Kosavic has focused on scholarly communications initiatives, including actively serving on the Open Access Open Data Steering Committee and the Open Education Steering Committee, where she contributed to advancing the institutional Research Data Management Strategy and the institutional Open Access Policy. She founded both the York Digital Journals publishing program and the YorkSpace institutional repository.
Kosavic holds a master’s of information studies from University of Toronto and is a doctoral candidate in the Communication & Culture program at York University.
At YUL, Kosavic will serve as interim dean while the university conducts its search for a successor to Joy Kirchner, who will retire from her role as dean following an administrative leave that began July 1, 2023. Kirchner has led the libraries since 2015.
For more information about Kosavic and this transition, see the York University president and vice-chancellor’s announcement, “Announcement of Interim Dean, York University Libraries.”
