The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Board of Directors has appointed Anne R. Kenney as interim executive director of the Association, effective January 1, 2018.
Kenney served as Carl A. Kroch university librarian at Cornell University from April 2008 to April 2017, when she went on research leave until her retirement on October 31. She started at Cornell in 1987, serving as associate director for the department of preservation and conservation, and then as associate university librarian for instruction, research, and information services, before advancing to the position of university librarian.
Active in the profession, Kenney is an international leader in digitisation of library collections. She served as a fellow and president of the Society of American Archivists, co-authored three award-winning monographs and more than 50 articles and reports, and was awarded the American Library Association Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award in 2014.
The ARL community knows Kenney well. She served as a member of the ARL Board of Directors (2010—2013) and chair of the Transforming Special Collections in the Digital Age Working Group (2010—2012). More recently she was a member of the Strategic Thinking and Design (ST&D) Working Group and the ST&D Transition Team (2013—2016) and chair of the Member Engagement and Outreach Committee (2015—2016).
The ARL Board looks forward to working with Kenney to prepare the organisation for a new executive director, with an expected transition date in late spring 2018.
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