People in the News

Ann-Christe Galloway

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Appointments

Erinn Aspinall has been appointed the full-time, permanent director of the Health Sciences Libraries (HSL) at the University of Minnesota (UM). Aspinall had served as interim HSL director since January 2021. Prior to this role, she was HSL associate director. Her career includes work at public health, medical, and health sciences libraries, including 15 years at UM and positions at the University of New Mexico and the University of Michigan. Aspinall is a current NLM/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leadership Fellow.

Ellen Holt-Werle has joined the university archives staff at the University of Minnesota as institutional archivist. In September 2021, Holt-Werle joined the University Archives team in the Archives and Special Collections department. She works closely with systemwide institutional collections in support of user access as part of the university’s systemwide strategic plan to advance a deeper understanding of institutional history. Holt-Werle was most recently archivist and special collections librarian at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she oversaw the College Archives and the DeWitt Library Rare Books Room.

Ginger Williams has been appointed dean of library services at Fort Hays State University. In this role, Williams will help steer the planning and execution of a major renovation of Forsyth Library. She is also responsible for leading the visioning, strategizing, and goal setting for Forsyth Library in alignment with the university vision, mission, values, and strategic plan. Prior to this appointment, Williams served as associate dean for academic engagement and public services at the Wichita State University Libraries.

Ginger Williams

Racine Amos, university libraries diversity resident, has assumed a new shared role in Library Learning Services and Special Collections as the community engagement archivist and librarian at the Penn State University Libraries.

Mae Casey has been appointed accessioning and collection management archivist in the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at the Penn State University Libraries.

Lori Cisney has been named serials cataloger librarian at the Penn State University Libraries.

Kevin Clair, digital collections librarian, has joined the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at the Penn State University Libraries.

Teresa Jewell has been named team science and research services librarian at the University of Washington.

Julie Park has been named the Paterno Family Librarian for Literature at the Penn State University, beginning July 1, 2022.