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The University of Hawaii Library and Information Science Program is pleased to announce the appointment of *Dr.* *Rae-Anne Montague*. She will join us in January 2014 as Assistant Professor and coordinator of the School Library Media Program. Dr. Montague is a familiar name to many of you since she is very active in the field. Recently, she has served as Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Beforehand she was a librarian and teacher at the American School of Torreón in México. Dr. Montague has graduate degrees in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PhD, 2006, MS, 2000) and Curriculum and Instruction (MEd, 1994) from St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her research interests emphasize education (e.g., inquiry and learning communities) and social justice (e.g., literacy and youth advocacy). She has been instrumental in the development of several LIS education initiatives including LEEP <http://www.lis.illinois.edu/academics/leep>, WISE <http://wiseeducation.org/>, LAMP<http://www.lis.illinois.edu/admissions/lamp>, and Mix IT Up! <http://mixituplis.wordpress.com/blog/> She has also been active in LIS professional associations including ALA, ALISE, ASIS&T, IFLA, and REFORMA. The University of Hawaii at Manoa Library and Information Science Program has a strong School Library Media Specialist track, ranked #9 in the most recent *US News & World Report*. Colleagues wanting to learn more about Dr. Montague are encouraged to check out her blog at http://raeannemontague.wordpress.com. For more on the UHM LIS Program, see http://www.hawaii.edu/lis. *Andrew* *Andrew B. Wertheimer*, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair, Library & Information Science Program Associate Chair, Information & Computer Sciences Department University of Hawai'i at Manoa 002G Hamilton Library, 2550 McCarthy Mall Honolulu, HI 96822 USA TEL: 808/ 956.7321 FAX: 808/ 956.5835 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www2.hawaii.edu/~wertheim/ <http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ewertheim/%20>