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The School of Library & Information Studies at The University of Alabama 
is very proud to announce that The Board of Trustees of The University of 
Alabama has approved the appointment of Dr. Elizabeth Aversa to the 
prestigious Marie Drolet Bristol-EBSCO Endowed Professorship in the School 
of Library & Information Studies, effective February 3, 2012.

  The Board's resolution highlights Dr. Aversa's many and impressive 
accomplishments, citing her "significant and lasting contributions in 
public and state librarianship", her leadership in establishing the 
synchronous online program option for the Master's in Library & 
Information Studies at UA, her "notable national profile" and service as 
President of the Association for Library & information Science Education, 
and her receipt of that association's Service Award, among many others.

    The resolution continues with the awards she received in 2011--Alabama 
Librarian of the Year and honorary membership in Beta Phi Mu, as well as 
an account of her impressive research and teaching career. Dr. Aversa 
served as Dean or Director of four schools of library and information 
studies in the U.S. as well as in other academic, public, state, and 
corporate positions during her career, and stepped down from her position 
of Director of the School of Library & Information Studies in 2011, which 
she had held for eight years.  Following a sabbatical, she returned to the 
School's faculty in January 2012.

Anne Edwards
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
The University of Alabama
Box 870252
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0252
voice:   205-348-1522