jan13_b.indd C&RL News January 2013 22 ACRL candidates for 2013 A look at who’s running for office Maggie Farrell is dean of libraries at the Uni- versity of Wyoming, a position she has held since 2002. From 1996 to 2002, Farrell was associate dean of libraries at Montana State University. Prior to that, she served as Internet consultant at the U.S. Government Printing Office (1995-1996) and department head of Government Information at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (1993-1995). Her activities in ACRL include serving as ACRL Board Councilor (2010-2013) and ACRL Board Liaison (2012-2013). Farrell was also co-chair of the ACRL 2011 Colleagues Com- mittee (2009-2011), member of the ACRL 2009 Colleagues Committee (2008-2009), member of the ACRL 2007 Conference Preconference Committee (2006-2007), and member of the ACRL 2005 Contributed Papers Committee (2004-2005). She also served as member of the ACRL President’s Program Planning Committee (2008-2009), ACRL ULS Member- at-Large (2006-2009), and member of the ACRL ULS Program Planning Committee (2008-2009). Her ALA activities include serving as ACRL councilor of the ALA Council (2010- 2013) and as Councilor at Large of the ALA Council (2004-2007). Farrell was chair of the ALA Committee on Legislation FDLP Task Force (2012-2013) and served as cochair of the Traditional Cultural Expressions Task Force (2010-2011). She was also a member of the ALA International Relations Committee (2009-2011), chair of the GODORT Ad Hoc Committee on the Internet (1993-1996), and member of the GODORT Notable Documents Committee (1993-1995). Farrell’s work with state and regional associations includes serving as chair (2003- 2004, 2012-2013) and member (2002-pres- ent) of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries Members Council, serving on the Elsevier North American Library Advisory Board (2001-present), as well as serving on the Government Information Quarterly Editorial Board (2005-present). She serves on the OCLC Board of Trustees (2006-pres- ent), serves as chair on the Audit Committee (2009-2013), is a member of the CNI Steering Committee (2010-present), and is a member of the WYLD Steering Committee (2009-pres- ent). Farrell’s previous work with AzLA includes serving as chair of the 1992 AzLA Conference (1991-1993), chair of the 1990 AzLA Conference Preconference (1989-1990), member of the AzLA Continuing Education Committee (1990-1991), member of the AzLA Executive Board (1990-1993), and chair of the AzLA Nominations and Elections Com- mittee (1990-1991). She was also member of the BCR Board of Trustees (2000-2006), Editorial Board member to Documents to the People (1999-2002), Editorial Board mem- ber to Government Information Quarterly (1997-1999), member of the MtLA, Offline Retreat Conference Committee (1998-1999 and 1999-2000), and member of the MtLA, Strategic Planning Committee (2001-2002). Farrell also served on the Montana Network- Maggie Farrell Karen Williams January 2013 23 C&RL News ing Task Force (1997-2002); member of the MPLA, Continuing Education Committee (1999-2001); secretary, chair-elect and chair of the MPLA, Government Documents Sec- tion (1998-1999, 1993-1994, 1994-1995); MPLA Leadership Institute Mentor (2004); and WyLA 2009 Conference Chair (2008-2010). She has also served numerous positions within the OCLC Members’ Council, including BCR Rep- resentative (2000-2006), Vice-President (2004- 2005), President (2005-2006), and Executive Committee member (2002-2003, 2004-2006). Farrell also served as member (1994-1995, 1998-2001) and as chair (2000-2001) on the U.S. Depository Library Council. Farrell won the Leadership Wyoming award for 2006-2007, was in the UCLA Senior Fellows Program in 2005, and was in the Bryn Mawr Leadership Institute in 2003. She was in the United States Federal Depository Library Council in 1994-1995 and 1998-2000, the ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute in 2001, and the Snowbird Leadership Institute in 1991 and 1997. Her publications and presentations in- clude author of “Developing a Faculty Advi- sory Group,” Journal of Library Administra- tion vol. 51, 2011; copresenter of “Reframing Organizations through Communication and Advocacy” in World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly “Libraries Create Futures: Build- ing on Cultural Heritage” (IFLA), 2009; and author of “Digital Government Information and Libraries: Shifting Paradigms or Predict- able Partnerships,” Government Information Quarterly vol. 25, 2008. Karen Williams is associate university librar- ian for research and learning at the University of Minnesota, a position she has held since 2004. Prior to this, Williams held a number of positions at the University of Arizona, includ- ing undergraduate services team leader (2003- 2004), digital library initiatives team leader (1999-2003), acting team leader for special collections (2000-2003), social sciences team leader (1993-1999), head of central reference (1990-1993), acting head of library instruc- tion (1989-1990), central reference librarian (1986-1989), and assistant library instruction librarian (1983-1985). Her activities in ACRL include serving as ACRL Board member (2005-2009), member and chair of the ACRL Leadership Nomina- tions and Recruitment Committee (2009-2010, 2010-2011), cochair of the ACRL 2011 Invited Papers Committee (2010-2011) and member of the ACRL Scholarly Communication Com- mittee (2005-2009). Williams is a faculty member of the ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Program (1999-present) and was a faculty member of the ACRL/ARL Scholarly Communication Institute (2006-2007). She has also served on the ACRL College & Research Libraries Editorial Board (2007-2009), Publi- cations in Librarianship Editorial Board (2002- 2005), Hugh T. Atkinson Memorial Award Committee (2002-2005), and Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Nominating Committee (2001-2004). Williams has served on the ACRL Information Literacy Advisory Council (2000-2001), the ACRL Institute for Information Literacy Steering Committee as member and facilitator (1998-2002), and the ACRL Professional Education Committee (1984-1987). Within the ACRL Instruction Sec- tion, she has served as secretary (1988-1989), vice-chair (1999-2000), chair (2000-2001) and past-chair (2001-2002), chair of the Miriam Dudley Award Committee (2001-2002), chair of the Preconference Program Planning Com- mittee (1998-1999), chair of the Strategic Plan Task Force (1996-1997), and member and chair of the Continuing Education Committee (1984-1985, 1985-1987). She has also served as secretary to the University Libraries Section (1995-1997). Her ALA activities include serving as chair of the RUSA Reference Services in Large Re- search Libraries Discussion Group (1992) and member of the RUSA Professional Develop- ment Committee (1985-1989). Williams’s work with state and regional associations includes serving as chair of the Association of Research Libraries Learning Outcomes Working Group (2003-2005), member of the OCLC E-Learning Task Force C&RL News January 2013 24 (2003), and president of the Arizona Library Association College and University Libraries Division (1993-1994). Williams received the ACRL Special Presi- dential Recognition Award given to founding members of the Institute for Information Literacy and Immersion Program faculty in 2009. She was involved in the CIC Academic Leadership Program in 2005-2006, and the UCLA Senior Fellows Program in 2001. Wil- liams also won the University of Arizona Award for Excellence in 2001. Her publications include coeditor of The Expert Library: Staffing, Sustaining, and Advancing the Academic Library in the 21st Century, ACRL, 2010; author of “A Framework for Articulating New Library Roles,” Research Library Issues, 2009; and author of “Every Librarian a Leader,” in Information Literacy Instruction Handbook, ALA, 2008. ACRL Board of Directors Director-at-Large: Bradford Lee Eden, Dean of Library Services, Valparaiso Uni- versity; Julia M. Gelfand, Applied Sciences and Engineering Librarian, University of California-Irvine. Director-at-Large: Ann M. Watson, Dean of the Library, Shepherd University; Susan Barnes Whyte, Director, Library and Media Services, Linfield College. Councilor: Thomas (Tom) Abbott, Dean of Libraries and Distance Learning, University of Maine-Augusta; Douglas Kent Lehman, Di- rector, Thomas Library, Wittenberg University. Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Jingfeng Xia, As- sistant Professor, Indiana University. Secretary: Hong Cheng, Librarian, UCLA. Member-at-Large: Binh P. Le, Associate Librarian, Pennsylvania State University- Abington. African American Studies Librarians Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Malaika Grant, Librarian for African and African American Studies, English and American Literature, University of Minnesota. Secretary: Lavonda Kay Broadnax, Digi- tal Project Coordinator, Library of Congress. Member-at-Large: Derek T. Mosley, Di- rector, Ernest J. Gaines Center, University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Anthropology and Sociology Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Erin Gratz, Web and Instructional Technology Librarian, Uni- versity of La Verne; Helen Peeler Clements, Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, Oklahoma State University Library. Secretary: Carolyn Jones McCallum, Cataloging Librarian for Nonprint Materials, Wake Forest University; Katie Elson Anderson, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Member-at-Large: Anne Larrivee, Subject Liaison Librarian for Anthropology, Social Work, Human Development, and Africana Studies, Binghamton University; Rui Wang, Social Sciences Librarian/Associate Professor, Central Michigan University. Arts Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Ngoc-Yen (Yen) Tran, Undergraduate Services Librarian and Manager of the Global Scholars Hall Library Commons, University of Oregon. Secretary: Michael Pearce, Information Services Librarian, University of Alabama. Community and Junior College Libraries Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Theresa C. Stan- ley, Library Director, Downtown Campus, Pima Community College; Pamela Jo Thomas, Technical Services Librarian/LTA Program Coordinator, Illinois Central College. College Libraries Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Clem Guthro, Director of Libraries, Colby College; Erin T. Smith, Director of Library Services, Westmin- ster College. Secretary: Robert Fleming, Executive Director, Iwasaki Library, Emerson College; January 2013 25 C&RL News Claudia Ruediger, Coordinator of Infor- mation Literacy, Southeast Missouri State University. Member-at-Large: Jonathan H. Harwell, Head of Collections and Systems, Rollins College; Lynda Duke, Academic Outreach Librarian, Associate Professor, Illinois Wes- leyan University. Distance Learning Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Alice L. Daugh- erty, Assessment Librarian, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge. Secretary/Archivist: Stefanie Buck, Instructional Design/Ecampus Librarian, Oregon State University. Member-at-Large: Lora Kay Baldwin, Distance Learning Librarian, Indiana Uni- versity East Campus Library; Moushumi Chakraborty, Director of Public Services, Salisbury University. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Dana Peter- man, Research Librarian for Education, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, and Preservation Coordinator, University of California-Irvine; Bruce R. Stoffel, Coordina- tor of Academic Programs and Policy, Illinois State University. Secretary: Merrie Alynn Davidson, Social Sciences Librarian, University of St. Thomas. Member-at-Large: Kaya van Beynen, Research and Instruction Librarian, Univer- sity of South Florida-St. Petersburg; Jennifer Harvey, Curriculum Librarian, University of Nebraska-Kearney. Instruction Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Jennifer E. Knievel, Director of Arts and Humanities, Uni- versity Libraries, University of Colorado-Boul- der; Mark Szarko, Instruction Coordinator, Arts and Humanities/Literature, Theater Arts, and Writing and Humanistic Studies Librarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Secretary: Danielle Kathleen Skaggs, Coordinator of Online Instructional Design, California State University-Northridge; Bon- nie Brubaker Imler, Library Director, Penn State-Altoona. Member-at-Large: Nikhat J. Ghouse, As- sociate Librarian, Graduate Instruction and Outreach/Subject Librarian for Anthropol- ogy, University of Kansas; Karen Elizabeth Munro, Head, University of Oregon Portland Library and Learning Commons; Russell Hall, Reference Librarian, Penn State-Erie. Literatures in English Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Christine Ruoto- lo, Digital Services Manager and Librarian for English, University of Virginia; Laura Taddeo, Humanities Librarian, University at Buffalo. Secretary: Naomi Lederer, Professor, College Liaison Librarian, Colorado State University; Jaena Alabi, Reference Librarian, Auburn University. Member-at-Large: John Glover, Refer- ence Librarian for the Humanities and Refer- ence Collection Coordinator, Virginia Com- monwealth University; Alex Phillip Watson, Reference Librarian and Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi-Oxford. Law and Political Science Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Jeremy Dar- rington, Politics Librarian, Princeton Uni- versity. Secretary: Emily Ford, Urban and Public Affairs Librarian, Portland State University; Jodi Raye Sheppard, Head of Reference and Instruction, California State University-Chico. Member-at-Large: Elizabeth Lynn White, Virtual Reference Coordinator, University of Georgia; Lori Driver, Interim Head, Government Documents, Florida International University. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Hjordis Halvor- son, Vice President for Library Services, Newberry Library; R. Arvid Nelsen, Archivist, Charles Babbage Institute/Electronic Records Coordinator, Archives and Special Collec- tions, University of Minnesota. Secretary: Anne McDougal Bahde, C&RL News January 2013 26 History of Science/Rare Books Librarian, Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries and Press; Jennifer K. Sheehan, Adjunct Teaching Faculty, University of North Texas. Member-at-Large: Danielle Culpepper, Administrator for Budget, Finance, and Management, Rare Books School; Shan- non K. Supple, Reader Services Librarian, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA. Slavic and Eastern European Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Kirill Tolpygo, Interim, Librarian for Slavic and East Eu- ropean Resources, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Secretary: Heghine Hakobyan, Slavic Librarian, University of Oregon. Science and Technology Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Marianne Stowell Bracke, Agricultural Sciences In- formation Specialist, Purdue University; Margaret Mellinger, Associate Professor, Instruction and Emerging Technology Li- brarian, Oregon State University. Secretary: Jack Maness, Director of Sci- ences Department and Head of Gemmill Library/Assistant Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder; Andrew P. Stuart, Assis- tant Head, Reference and Subject Librarian for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biological Sciences and Environmental and Plant Biol- ogy, Ohio University. Member-at-Large: Steven Michael Ad- ams, Life Science Librarian, Northwestern University; Annie Ziedman-Karpinsky, Science and Technology Services Librarian, University of Oregon. University Libraries Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Marilyn S. Myers, Associate Dean for Public Services, University of Houston; Jason Martin, Head of Public Services, Stetson University. Secretary: Carol Andrea Leibiger, As- sociate Professor/Information Literacy Coordinator, University of South Dakota; Fred D. Barnhart, Associate Dean for Library Services and Collections, Loyola University- Chicago. M e m b e r - a t - L a r g e : Wa y n e B i v e n s - Tatum, Philosophy and Religion Librarian, Princeton University; Rebecca Blakiston, Assistant Librarian, University of Arizona- Tucson; Felice E. Maciejewski, University Librarian, Dominican University. Western European Studies Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Sarah Suss- man, Curator, French and Italian Collec- tions and Head, International and Area Studies Resource Group, Stanford Univer- sity; Eileen M. Bentsen, Associate Librarian, Baylor University. Secretary: Matthew Loving, Romance Languages Librarian, University of Florida; Katie Gibson, Humanities Librarian, Miami University. Member-at-Large: Chella Vaidyana- than, Curator of 19th-21st Century Rare Books and Manuscripts and Liaison Librar- ian for History, Africana Studies and Latin American Studies, Johns Hopkins Uni- versity; Elizabeth (Libby) Chenault, West European Librarian; Global Resources and Areas Studies Section Head, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Women and Gender Studies Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Pamela M. Salela, Instructional Services Librarian and Associate Professor in Women and Gender Studies Program, University of Illinois- Springfield; Diane Fulkerson, Social Sci- ences and Education Librarian, University of South Florida-Lakeland. Secretary: Katie Crook, Senior Librar- ian, The New York Public Library; Tara Baillargeon, Head of Research and In- structional Services, Marquette University. Member-at-Large: Diana Leigh King, Librarian for Film, Television, Theater, Dance, Gender Studies and LGBT Studies, UCLA; Susan Elaine Wood, Librarian, Assis- tant Professor, University of Memphis.