Library finalists present to public

Final presentations by the four finalists for vice provost for libraries and university librarian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are now available for online viewing.

The finalists are:

John Culshaw,
 professor and senior associate dean of libraries
 at the
 University of Colorado Boulder. See his talk. View his slide presentation.

Jeffrey Garrett, 
associate university librarian for special libraries and director of special collections and archives at the Northwestern University Library in Evanston, Ill. See his talk. View his slide presentation.

Mary-Jo Romaniuk, most recently acting chief librarian at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. See her talk. View her slide presentation.

Ed Van Gemert, interim director of libraries for the General Library System at UW–Madison. Listen to his talk. View his slide presentation.

Note: due to technical difficulties, Van Gemert’s talk is only available in audio form.

Feedback will be accepted via e-mail at vp-search@provost.wisc.edu or phone  (William Aylward, 608-263-7498). All feedback is requested by 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 17.

The Vice Provost for Libraries will lead a system of sixteen libraries in the General Library System, including approximately 225 full time employees. The GLS leads and coordinates decentralized library services on campus, providing technical infrastructure, support for acquisitions and integration of campus library services. The physical collections of the GLS are among the largest in the country, with more than eight million volumes.

The new librarian will succeed Ken Frazier, who retired in December following 19 years at the helm of the General Library System. Van Gemert has served as interim director since that time.