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C&RL News April 2017 210

The time to lead
ACRL seeks nominees for section offices

Standing for ACRL section office is an opportunity to become involved with 
important issues affecting academic and 
research librarians in the 21st century, gain 
leadership experience, and build ties with 
colleagues. It is also an opportunity to be 
of service to your ACRL section community, 
ensuring that it continues to nurture the 
development of new members and forge 
deeper connections to the profession.

 
ACRL section officers
Candidates for vice-chair/chair-elect, secre-
tary, and members-at-large of ACRL sections 
are selected by the nominating committee of 
each section.

If you would like to nominate someone 
or be nominated yourself, contact the chair 
of the appropriate section nominating com-
mittee by June 1, 2017. Terms of office will 
begin on July 1, 2018.

2018 section nominating committee 
chairs

Anthropology and Sociology: Miriam 
Rigby, rigby@uoregon.edu 

Arts: Jennifer Anne Cox, lafrancememanque 
@yahoo.com 

College Libraries: Jane P. Currie, jcur-
rie@luc.edu 

Community College and Junior College 
Libraries: Lisa Eichholtz, lisa.eichholtz@kctcs.edu 

Distance Learning: Stefanie Buck, stefanie. 
buck001@gmail.com 

Education and Behavioral Sciences: 
Bernadette A. Lear, bal19@psu.edu 

Instruction: Mark Szarko, szarko@mit.
edu 

Literatures in English: Laura R. Braunstein, 
lrb@dartmouth.edu 

Politics, Policy and International 
Relations: David Schwieder, dschwieder 
@uflib.ufl.edu 

Rare Books and Manuscripts: Cherry 
Williams, cherry.williams@ucr.edu 

Science and Technology: Kara M. Whatley, 
kw43@nyu.edu 

Slavic and East European: Yelena Luckert,  
yluckert@umd.edu 

University Libraries: Jason Martin, jason.
martin@mtsu.edu 

Western European Studies: Kelsey  
Elizabeth Corlett-Rivera, kcr1@umd.edu

Women and Gender Studies: Connie L. 
Phelps, cphelps@uno.edu