(via Laura Killingsworth, Illinois State University)
Please join us for the 2024 HSLI Annual Conference! The 2024 Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Conference will take place virtually from Wednesday, October 23, to Friday, October 25. We are so pleased to welcome Dr. Lucy Holman as our keynote speaker.
Dr. Holman currently serves as the Associate Provost for Teaching, Learning and Library Services and Dean of the University of North Carolina Wilmington Library. Prior to UNCW, she worked in Maryland academic libraries for almost 20 years, most recently serving as Dean of the Library at the University of Baltimore from 2008-2018 and as an Associate Professor in the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Science, Information Arts and Technologies at UB from 2011-2018. In both her most recent positions she has led library renovation and expansion projects.
Dr. Holman holds a doctorate in Interaction Design and Information Architecture from the University of Baltimore and an M.S.L.S. and B.A. in Journalism and History from UNC Chapel Hill. Her research interests include users’ mental models of information retrieval, library website design, and discovery tool interface design. She also often presents on library leadership and advocacy.
Dr. Holman has also been active in service to the library profession, holding numerous leadership positions including President of the Maryland Congress of Academic Library Directors (CALD), President of the MD Chapter of Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), President of the Maryland Library Association, and MD Chapter Councilor for the American Library Association. She recently served as Secretary for the UNC Libraries Advisory Council and is currently the managing editor of the Journal of New Librarianship.
Please keep an eye on your inbox, in addition to the HSLI Conference webpage, for further updates in the near future. You may also contact Eric Edwards, HSLI Conference Planning Committee Chair, at eedwards@ilsos.gov with questions.