/ en /news/2023-12/anne-osterman-named-dean-university-libraries <span>Anne Osterman named Dean of the 麻豆国产 Libraries</span> <span><span>Pam Shepherd</span></span> <span>Wed, 12/06/2023 - 08:49</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/kenwalsh" hreflang="en">Kenneth Walsh, PhD</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p class="paragraph"><span><span><span><span><span>Interim Provost Ken Walsh today announced that after a comprehensive review process led by a聽</span></span><span>c<span>ommittee comprised of faculty, staff, and administrators from both the 麻豆国产 Libraries and across Mason, Anne Osterman has been appointed to a five</span>-<span>year term as </span>dean of the 麻豆国产 Libraries and university librarian.</span> </span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph"><span><span><span><span><span>鈥淚 look forward to working in close collaboration with Dean Osterman as she continues her leadership of the 麻豆国产 Libraries and serves as a senior leader at our university,鈥� Walsh said.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <figure role="group" class="align-right"><div> <div class="field field--name-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/g/files/yyqcgq291/files/2023-12/ann_osterman_2.jpg" width="300" height="306" alt="Dean Osterman" loading="lazy" /></div> </div> <figcaption>Dean Anne Osterman</figcaption></figure><p class="paragraph"><span><span><span><span><span>Dean Osterman was appointed as </span></span><span>i<span>nterim </span>dean of the 麻豆国产 Libraries and university librarian on December 1, 2022. During her time in this role, the 麻豆国产 Libraries have grown the Open Access publishing options for Mason authors to include three additional major publishers, started a new comprehensive program of outreach about the Libraries鈥� collections, and hosted a university-wide series of sessions about generative artificial intelligence.</span> </span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph"><span><span><span><span>Dean Osterman joined Mason in 2012 as associate director of the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) and was subsequently appointed as deputy director (2013) and director (2015).<span>鈥疺IVA is a statewide program that serves as the consortium of 71 nonprofit public and private academic libraries in the Commonwealth. With an annual budget of $21M, VIVA provides a shared core collection of library resources, a statewide resource sharing program among the member libraries, and an open and affordable course content program that lowers the costs of higher education for Virginia students.</span></span> </span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph"><span><span><span><span>Dean<span> Osterman completed a </span>m<span>aster鈥檚 </span>d<span>egree in </span>l<span>ibrary </span>s<span>cience at the 麻豆国产 of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a </span>m<span>aster鈥檚 </span>d<span>egree in </span>s<span>tatistics at American 麻豆国产, and a </span>b<span>achelor鈥檚 </span>d<span>egree with a triple major in English, </span>c<span>lassical </span>c<span>ivilization, and </span>r<span>eligion at Florida State 麻豆国产.鈥疭he has published widely on the topics of collection management and collaborative library services, including the monograph <em>Electronic Resource Management: Practical Perspectives in a New Technical Services Model</em>.</span></span>聽</span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/18436" hreflang="en">Provost Newsletter</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/18616" hreflang="en">Libraries</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/216" hreflang="en">Office of the Provost</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/206" hreflang="en">Faculty and Staff News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:49:59 +0000 Pam Shepherd 109946 at