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Dr. Ann
Weeks Named as Associate Dean-elect
College Park, MD
(10/15/10)--Dean Jennifer Preece is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr.
Ann Carlson Weeks as Associate Dean-elect for the University of
Maryland’s iSchool. Dr. Weeks will become Associate Dean following
the retirement of Dr. Diane Barlow in spring 2011. In making the
appointment Dr. Preece stated, “We are fortunate to have an individual
with Ann’s unique combination of knowledge of the evolution and growth of
the iSchool @ Maryland and her substantial administrative experience as
Executive Director of three divisions of the American Library Association and
Director of Libraries and Information Services for the Chicago Public
Schools. I know that she will work effectively with the faculty,
students, and administrative staff in continuing to expand the programs and
influence of the College, within the University, the region, and around the
world.” Dr. Weeks was appointed Professor of the Practice at the
iSchool in 2000, and has been Coordinator of the School Library Media
Specialization since 2008. She received the 2009 ALISE Award for
Excellence in Teaching and currently serves as a member of the Council of the
American Library Association (ALA), the Board of the Association for Library
and Information Science Education (ALISE), and the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Education for Library and
Information Science (JELIS) and World
Libraries. In addition to her responsibilities as
Associate Dean, Dr. Weeks will continue her involvement with international
activities including offering Study Abroad courses during the Winter and Summer
terms, participating in the State Department’s U.S. Speaker and
Specialist Program, and collaborating with the iSchool’s Associate Dean
for Research, Allison Druin, and the University of Maryland computer science
professor, Ben Bederson, on the continuing development of the International
Children’s Digital Library (ICDL).
About
Maryland’s iSchool
The
College of Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool, empowers people,
organizations and society to use information effectively through its research
and undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. Maryland's iSchool
enables students and faculty to create new ways for people to connect with information
that will transform society and is ideally located in the information capital
of the world- the Washington DC metro region. The iSchool is transforming
itself as well, from a small college with a strong foundation in library and
information studies programs to a fast-growing and groundbreaking center of
expertise that will help people manage the information explosion from childhood
to adulthood.
For more information visit www.ischool.umd.edu
Mary Carroll-Mason
Communications
Coordinator
College of
Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool
4110D
Hornbake Library
College Park,
MD 20742
(301)
405-1260