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Elizabeth Dill has been appointed dean of the library at California State University-Long Beach. Formerly the director of University Libraries at University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, Dill was responsible for the operation and development of Mortensen Library, Allen Library, and the University Archives. Prior to joining the University of Hartford, Dill held several other library leadership positions. She has been actively involved in various library related organizations and initiatives and coedited the ACRL book Intersections of Open Educational Resources and Information Literacy.

Tania Munz has been named president and chief executive officer of The Forest History Society (FHS), a nonprofit institution recognized as the world’s foremost library and archive of forest and conservation history. Munz comes to FHS from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As chief program officer, she led the independent research center’s programmatic work in areas spanning science, humanities, international affairs, and education. She succeeds Steven Anderson, who is retiring after leading FHS for the past 27 years.

Neil Romanosky has been appointed dean of Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries. Before joining MSU, Romanosky served as dean of university libraries at Ohio University, a position he has held since 2019. His accomplishments in this role include developing a strategic plan for the libraries with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion; overseeing the alignment of the Ohio University Press and five regional campus libraries into the university libraries portfolio; and spearheading Ohio University’s joining the HathiTrust. Romanosky succeeds Interim Dean Terri Miller, who had been at the helm of the MSU Libraries since July 2022.

Amy Dye-Reeves is now head of the Library of Architecture, Design, and Construction (LADC) at the Auburn University Libraries.

Trey Shelton has been named the first chair of academic resources and consulting services at the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries.

Courtney Taulbee has been appointed visiting program officer at Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL).

Nicole Vollum has joined the University of Western States in Portland, Oregon, as reference, instruction, and outreach librarian.

Retirements

Alice Schreyer has retired after eight years as Roger and Julie Baskes Vice President for Collections and Library Services at the Newberry Library. She began her career of 47 years as a special collections curator, administrator, and educator at Columbia University Libraries and held curatorial and administrative positions during 24 years at the University of Chicago Library. She also worked at the University of Delaware Library, Rutgers University, and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Schreyer served as chair of the ACRL Rare Books & Manuscripts Section and as editor of Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship (now RBM). Between 1986 and 2011, Schreyer taught courses on the history of books and special collections librarianship at the Rare Book School. She also served as a member and chair of the Rare Book School Board and is a director of the Chicago Collections Consortium and an officer of the Bibliographical Society of America.

Deaths

Sandy Schiefer, journalism librarian at the University of Missouri (UM), has died. Schiefer served as a librarian at UM since 2009. She was a strong contributor to government information as well as to the Journalism Library, including her work on a born-digital news preservation project. She was an active member of ACRL, serving on several committees, and was also active in the Missouri chapter of ACRL.