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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
