ACRL Candidates for 2024

A Look at Who’s Running

Brad Warren is the Dean of Libraries at Augusta University, a position he has held since March 2022. Prior to this, Warren served as Senior Associate Dean at University of Cincinnati (2018–2022), Director of Access Service at Yale University (2009–2018), and Public Relations/Grants Librarian at the University of North Carolina Charlotte (2004–2009).

During his 15 years of ACRL membership, Warren has served as a member of the ACRL Standards Committee (2023–present), ACRL College and Research Libraries Editorial Board (2016–2023), co-chair of the ACRL 2023 Conference Contributed Papers Committee (2021–2023), member of multiple ACRL 2021 conference committees (2019–2021), convener of the ULS Public Services Directors of Large Research Libraries Discussion Group (2021–2023), and founder, convener, and member of the Access Services Interest Group (2016–present).

Warren’s experience with ALA includes being a member of the ALA Committee on Organization (2020–2022). Warren has also served as a member of the LLAMA (now CORE) Program Committee (2015–2018) and Public Relations and Marketing Section Swap and Shop Committee (2008–2009).

Warren’s activity with state, regional, and other national associations include serving on the University System of Georgia Regents Academic Committee on Libraries (executive committee member, 2022–present) and the Association of Research Libraries Membership Engagement and Outreach Committee (member, 2021–2022). Warren also served on the Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education Library Council (member 2021–2022), OhioLINK Regional Depository Governing Council (member 2021–2022), Ivies+ Borrow Direct Policy Group (previous chair and member, 2014–2018), and the SOLINET Marketing Group (member, 2006–2007).

Warren’s honors and awards include the Distinguished Achievement in Access Services Award (2016), Concertmaster of the New London Community Orchestra (2016–2018), and the 1999–2000 North Carolina State University Library Fellow, part of the inaugural class of fellowship program.

Other notable accomplishments for Warren include his role as the Inaugural Dean of Augusta University Libraries, where he created new structure, secured a $500,000 increase to the budget, and completed the second phase renovation of Augusta University’s Greenblatt Library and facility and furniture refreshes of Reese Library in the first year. Warren led the University of Cincinnati (UC) Libraries’ Organizational Development initiatives and co-led all aspects of UC Libraries’ response, planning, and implementation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic across 13 jurisdictional libraries. He also led the UC Langsam Library Living Room project to increase more diverse seating and collaborative options.

Additionally, Warren led the service redesign of Yale Sterling Memorial Library Nave during its 2014 restoration project along with several reorganizations of Access Services operations and services. He also led multiple large-scale service and facilities projects at Yale University Libraries, requiring collaboration and consultation across multiple departments, and unionized staff.

Warren founded the ACRL Access Services Interest Group and co-chaired development and completion of Framework for Access Services Librarianship in 2020.

His publications include co-authoring with Cheryl McGrath the chapter “Seizing the Opportunity for Innovation and Service Improvement” in The Library Innovation Toolkit: Ideas, Strategies and Programs, edited by Anthony Molaro and Leah L. White (ALA Editions, 2015). He additionally authored the editorial “Developing A Practical Approach to Change” in College & Research Libraries 81, no. 1 (2020): 2–7, and the chapter “The ACRL Framework for Access Services Librarianship” in Twenty-First-Century Access Services: On the Front Line of Academic Librarianship, Second Edition, edited by Michael J. Krasulski and Trevor A. Dawes (ACRL, 2023).

Devin Savage is the Dean of Libraries at the Illinois Institute of Technology, a position he has held since March 2020. Savage has held several other positions at the Illinois Institute of Technology, including Associate Dean for Assessment and Scholarly Services (2016–2020) and Assistant Dean for Assessment and Scholarly Communication (2014–2016). Prior to this, Savage served as Assessment Librarian at Northwestern University (2011–2014).

During his 13 years of ACRL membership, Savage has served as chair (2021–2023) and a member (2018–present) of the ACRL Academic Library and Statistics Editorial Board. He has also served as a member of the ACRL Library Transformers Task Force (2016–2018), convener of the Scholarly Communication Discussion Group (2015–2016), and a member of the Research and Scholarly Environment Committee (2014–2016).

Savage’s experience with ALA includes serving as chair-elect and chair of the ALA LRRT Steering Committee (2022–present), chair of the LRRT Nominating Committee (2018–2020), and a member of the LLAMA Assessment Community of Practice Programming Committee (2019–2020).

Savage’s activity with state, regional, and other national associations include serving on the Center for Research Libraries Board of Directors (2023–present), Consortium for Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois’ Program Planning Committee (2023–present), along with the Chicago Collections Executive Committee (secretary, 2020–present) and Board of Directors (2019–present). Savage has also served as a member (2014–2016) and chair (2016–present) of the Chicago Collections Programming Committee, IPEDS Advisory Task Force (2021–2022), NISO Z39.7 Standing Committee (2021–2022), and LIBRAS Melvin R. George Award nominating committee (2020–2021). Savage was also co-founder and served as a steering committee member of Library UX Chicago (2015–present).

Savage’s honors and awards include the Charleston Fast Pitch Judges Award Winner “FetchCounter” (November 2018), Illinois State Library Training Grant (2009), and Northwestern University MALS Distinguished Thesis Award (2009).

Other notable accomplishments for Savage include being accepted to, and attending, both the ALA Leadership Institute (2016) and Harvard Academic Library Leadership Institute (2019). As part of Savage’s work for the ACRL Research and Scholarly Environment Committee, he spearheaded the implementation of guidelines and a Code of Conduct for the Scholcomm email list.

Additionally, Savage served as an LIS Access Mentorship Program mentor (2012–2014), a program that supported the development of students from historically and statistically underrepresented populations in LIS. He also led his university to be one of the first in North America to sign on to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment.

His publications include co-authoring with Kurt Munson “Interlibrary Loan’s Efficacy in Meeting Students’ Expectations to Acquire Textbooks: Results from a Study Conducted in a Large Research Library” in Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve 23, no. 4–5 (2013): 191–200; co-authoring with Lisa Massengale and Pattie Piotrowski “Identifying and Articulating Library Connections to Student Success” in College & Research Libraries 77, no. 2 (2016): 227–35; and co-authoring with Pattie Piotrowski and Lisa Massengale “Academic Librarians Engage with Assessment Methods and Tools” in portal: Libraries and the Academy 17, no. 2 (2017): 403–17.

ACRL Board of Directors

Vice-President/President-Elect: Brad Warren, Dean of Libraries at Augusta University; Devin Savage, Dean of Libraries at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Director-at-Large: Rachel M. Minkin, Assistant Dean, Michigan State University Libraries; Rodney Lippard, Director, Torreyson Library, University of Central Arkansas.

Director-at-Large: Carrie Forbes, University Librarian, Southern Oregon University; Wayne Bivens-Tatum, Philosophy and Religion Librarian, Princeton University.

Anthropology and Sociology Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Mimmo Bonanni, Librarian, Arizona State University Library.

Member-at-Large: Elizabeth Young Miller, Social Sciences Librarian, Lehigh University Libraries Fairchild-Martindale Library.

Arts Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Ann Holderfield, Art and Architecture Librarian/Director of Gunnin Architecture Library, University of South Carolina–Beaufort; Maggie Murphy, Visual Art and Humanities Librarian, UNC Greensboro.

Community and Junior College Libraries Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Nelson Santana, Assistant Professor/Deputy Chief & Collection Development Librarian, Bronx Community College (CUNY).

Secretary: Elizabeth Arestyl, Student Development Librarian, Borough of Manhattan Community College.

Member-at-Large: Sharell Walker, Associate Professor/Librarian, Borough of Manhattan Community College.

College Libraries Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Michael Waldman, Interim Chief Librarian, Baruch College Newman Library.

Member-at-Large: Katherine Furlong, Dean of Library Services, Bucknell University, Lewisburgh, PA; Debby Andreadis, Deputy Director, Denison University Libraries.

Digital Scholarship Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Taylor Davis-Van Atta, Head of Research Services, University of Houston Libraries.

Secretary: Nashieli Marcano, Archivist for Digital Collections, Furman University.

Member-at-Large: Julie Evener, Director for Content Management & Discovery, USF Health Libraries; Halie Kerns, Binghamton University Libraries.

Distance and Online Learning Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Brittni Balard, Learning Technologies and COE Liaison Librarian, Towson University.

Secretary/Archivist: Katherine Howell, Assistant Professor, Research and Instruction Librarian, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Member-at-Large: Jennifer Shimada, Library Director, Relay Graduate School of Education.

Education and Behavioral Sciences Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Robin L. Ewing, Collections Strategist, St. Cloud State University; James W. Rosenzweig, Education and Children’s Studies Librarian, Eastern Washington University.

Member-at-Large: Jylisa Kenyon, Social Sciences Librarian, University of Idaho; April E. Grey, Wofford College Sandor Teszler Library.

European Studies Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Walter Schlect, Germanic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature Subject Librarian, Washington University in St. Louis; Tom Harding, Liaison Librarian, University of Waterloo.

Secretary: Tara Murray Grove, Librarian for Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, Penn State University Libraries; Masha Stepanova, Coordinator of Cataloging/Slavic Librarian, Miami University.

Member-at-Large: Christine Korytnyk Dulaney, Chief, Germanic and Slavic Division, Library of Congress.

Instruction Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Ben Oberdick, Head, Information Literacy, Michigan State University.

Secretary: Maya Hobscheid, Instructional Design Librarian, Grand Valley State University; Kristina Clement.

Member-at-Large: Melissa Mallon, Associate University Librarian for Teaching & Learning, Vanderbilt University; Camille Abdeljawad, Assistant Professor, Instruction and Outreach Librarian, Park University; Chelsea Heinbach, Teaching and Learning Librarian, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Dr. Ruth Boeder, Asst. Professor of Teaching, Wayne State University.

Literatures in English Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Mark Dahlquist, Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian, Miami University; Alexis Pavenick, Research & Instruction Librarian, California State University, Long Beach.

Secretary: Dr. Emily Tock, Liaison Librarian, Purdue Fort Wayne; Brian Matzke, Digital Humanities Librarian, Central Connecticut State University.

Member-at-Large: Candice Dahl, Liaison and Learning Support Librarian, University of Saskatchewan; Emily Cranwell Deinert, Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian, University of Maryland.

Politics, Policy, and International Relations Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Nadine Hoffman, Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law and History Librarian, University of Calgary.

Member-at-Large: Allison Symulevich, University of South Florida.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Jay Sylvestre, Curator of Rare Books, Georgetown University; Anna Chen, Head Librarian, UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

Member-at-Large: Kellee E. Warren, Assistant Professor and Special Collections Librarian, University of Illinois Chicago; Jose Guerrero.

Science and Technology Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Jeanne Hoover, Head, Scholarly Communication, East Carolina University; Rebeccca Renirie, Medical and STEM Librarian, Central Michigan University Libraries.

Publicity Officer: Sarah Tribelhorn, Science Librarian, San Diego State University; David Rachlin, STEM Librarian/Assistant Professor, North Carolina A&T State University F. D. Bluford Library.

EDI Officer: Audrey Gunn, Research & Instruction Librarian for Natural Sciences and English, St. Olaf College; Janet Hughes, Biological Sciences Librarian, Pennsylvania State University.

Member-at-Large: Emily Dommermuth, Engineering, Science and Design Librarian, University of Colorado Boulder; Aditi Gupta, Engineering & Science Librarian, University of Victoria-McPherson Library.

University Libraries Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Rosan Mitola, Head, Educational Initiatives, UNLV Libraries; Christian Miller, Lecturer, HR Studies and Associate Librarian, Research and Learning Services, Cornell University.

Member-at-Large: Sue Garrison, Director of Access Services, Education Subject Librarian, Rice University; Emily Bufford, First Year Experience Librarian; María Evelia Emerson, Student Success Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Women and Gender Studies Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Natalie Dickinson Kulick, Assistant Director, Library Services, Northampton Community College.

Secretary: Ashley S. McNeill, Assistant Professor/Engineering Liaison, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Marvyn Sterne.

Member-at-Large: Lane Glisson, Associate Professor, E-Learning and Instruction Librarian, Borough of Manhattan Community College Library, CUNY.