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Library Search Committee

Provost Robert Barchi has announced the formation of a committee to advise on selecting a Vice Provost and Director of Libraries. Dr. Joseph Turow, the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication, will chair the committee. 

The Vice Provost and Director of Libraries will report directly to the Provost, the University's chief academic officer. The Vice Provost and Director will have chief responsibility for overseeing a distinguished Library that recently celebrated the 250th anniversary of its founding. During the Library's early years, Benjamin Franklin chaired the book selection committee. Today, this University-wide system is comprised of 15 libraries with millions of titles and thousands of online electronic journals and databases. 

In addition to Dr. Turow, the other members of the search committee are:

  • Dr. Majorie Bowman, Professor of Family Practice & Community Medicine
  • Ms. Rachael Buurma, Ph.D. Student, Department of English
  • Dr. Dennis DeTurck, Professor of Mathematics
  • Ms. Sandra Kerbel, Director of Library Public Services
  • Dr. Fernando Pereira, Professor of Computer & Information Science
  • Dr. Edward Peters, Professor of History
  • Dr. Daniel Raff, Professor of Management
  • Mr. Lawrence Schoenberg, Chair of Library Board of Overseers
  • Dr. Peter Stallybrass, Professor of English
  • Ms. Erica Weiss, College '04
  • Dr. Liliane Weissberg, Professor of German
  • Mr. Raymond Simon, Executive Assistant in the Office of the Associate Provost, will provide staff support for the committee.

The search committee invites nominations and applications for the position of Vice Provost and Director of Libraries. Applications and nominations, including curriculum vitae, may be forwarded to:

Chair, Vice Provost and Director of Libraries Search Committee
Office of the Provost
122 College Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6303
or by e-mail to simonr@pobox.upenn.edu

 


  Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 3, September 9, 2003

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