(via the American Library Association)
Julie Garrison, dean of University Libraries at Western Michigan University, has been elected Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) vice-president/president-elect. She will become president-elect in July 2020 and assume the presidency in July 2021 for a one-year term.
Jessica Brangiel, electronic resources management librarian at Swarthmore College, and Toni Anaya, interim coordinator of user experience and associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, have been elected to the ACRL Board of Directors as director-at-large.
“I am honored and thrilled to be elected to serve as ACRL’s next leader,” Garrison said. “We are facing dramatic times in our world and within our association; I expect the next three years will be intense. I am eager to join ACRL’s amazing staff, Board of Directors, and fellow members in doing the challenging and rewarding work that lies ahead. I want to express my gratitude to Lynn Silipigni Connaway, as well as all of the groups and members we interacted with during the election process, for making this a positive and informative experience.”
During her 17 years of ACRL membership, Garrison has served as director-at-large on the ACRL Board of Directors (2012-16) and was a member of the ACRL Project Outcome Task Force (2017-18), the ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Task Force (2017) and the ACRL Research Coordinating Committee (2008-11), where she also served as chair (2010-11). She served as a member of the ACRL/DLS Guidelines Committee (2005-07), and the ACRL/DLS Web Committee (2003-07), where she also served as chair (2004-07).
“I am delighted to welcome Julie Garrison back to the ACRL Board of Directors as vice-president/president-elect,” said ACRL Executive Director Mary Ellen K. Davis. “During her time on the ACRL Board as director-at-large, Julie was engaged in a number of strategic initiatives including the adoption of the groundbreaking Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and the transition of ACRL’s research journal, College and Research Libraries, to an open access publication. With her previous Board service and knowledge of academic librarianship and higher education, along with as her extensive experience in change management, Julie will be able to immediately contribute to the work of ACRL.”
To see the full announcement, please go here.