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P e o p l e  i n  t h e  N e w sAnn-Christe Galloway

Appointments

Faye A. Chadwell, professor and Donald 
and Delpha Campbell University librar-
ian at Oregon State University (OSU), has 

been named dean 
of University Librar-
ies and Scholarly 
C o m m u n i c a t i o n s 
at Penn State, ef-
fective March 1, 
2021. Chadwell has 
served as the Don-
ald and Delpha 
Campbell university 
librarian and OSU 
press director since 

May 2011. At OSU, she led the creation of 
two five-year strategic plans via an inclusive 
process that included key stakeholders; ad-
vocated successfully for multiple increases 
in the libraries’ materials budget; developed 
new fundraising priorities and strategies to 
guide the library and OSU Press advance-
ment of OSU’s campaign; rebuilt member-
ship of the libraries’ principal volunteer 
leadership group; secured several new en-
dowments; established the Diversity Schol-
ars Program for candidates in MLS programs; 
helped guide the passage of a campuswide 
Open Access policy in 2013; established 
strategic campus partnerships leading to rei-
magined library spaces like the Undergradu-
ate Research and Writing Studio in partner-
ship with The Writing Center; and served 
on numerous committees and advisory 
boards, among many other initiatives. Prior 
to serving as OSU’s university librarian, she 
served as the associate university librarian 
for Collections and Content Management, 

since 2007. She also served as the depart-
ment head of Collection Development and 
Acquisitions at the University of Oregon 
Libraries in Eugene, and held positions at 
the University of South Carolina-Columbia. 
Chadwell’s professional associations include 
several divisions within the American Li-
brary Association (ALA): the Association for 
Library Collections and Technical Services 
(1995–2020), the Library Leadership and 
Management Association (2010–20), and 
ACRL (since 2011). She also has held leader-
ship positions within the ALA Gay, Lesbian, 
Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table; the 
Oregon Library Association; and two aca-
demic library consortia—the Orbis Cascade 
Alliance and the Greater Western Library Al-
liance. She served on the editorial boards 
of several journals, including the Journal 
of Librarianship and Scholarly Communi-
cation and Collection Management. Since 
2018 she has served on the ACRL Board of 
Directors. She has been invited to speak on 
authors’ rights, licensing e-resources, and 
other collection-related topics at numerous 
venues. Her recent scholarship focused on 
open textbooks, reflecting an interest in the 
role libraries play in making higher educa-
tion more affordable. 

Nicholas Wojcik has been appointed 
scholarly publishing librarian at the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma Libraries.  

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