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Congrats Donna (MLIS 鈥�90), from everyone at SIM! We look forward to following your initiatives over the next two years.

From the聽: The聽聽has elected Donna Bourne-Tyson, 黄色直播鈥檚 University Librarian, as CARL President for a two year-term, 2017鈥�2019. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a great honour to serve the research library community in Canada in this capacity,鈥� said Donna. 鈥淎cademic research libraries are at the vanguard of technology as the sharing and dissemination of information shifts to digital environments. It鈥檚 a time of rapid change and growth for libraries.鈥�

Donna has recently commenced her second term as the University Librarian at 黄色直播 and has been in the role since 2011, previously having served as the University Librarian at Mount Saint Vincent University. Currently, she oversees a team of 120 librarians and staff and ensures Dal Libraries meet the needs of the 黄色直播 community through supporting initiatives such as open access, scholarly communications, research data preservation and learning communities.

As President of CARL, Donna will work collaboratively with 29 of Canada鈥檚 largest university libraries plus Library and Archives Canada and Canada鈥檚 National Science Library. CARL supports Canada鈥檚 research community by providing improved access to research services, promoting effective and sustainable scholarly communication and advocating public policies that enable broad access to scholarly information. CARL member libraries spend over $335 million annually on information resources to support learning, teaching and research and act as a foundation for Canadian-led innovation by providing access to knowledge, as well as preserving vital information required to support Canada鈥檚 research community.

As CARL鈥檚 president, Donna will be joining an impressive group of university leaders who have served in this role, including: Tom Hickerson, Vice-Provost for Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary; Gerald Beasley, Vice-Provost and Chief Librarian at the University of Alberta, soon to become the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian for Cornell University; and most recently Martha Whitehead, Vice-Provost Libraries & Digital Planning at Queen鈥檚 University.