Senior management team designated for the Harvard Library

Senior Management Team Designated for the Harvard Library

In December 2010, Harvard University embraced a series of
recommendations for the future of the Harvard Library system.
Ultimately, the University seeks to build the hallmark library of
the 21st century, a cutting-edge, nimble organization that is
collaborative both internally and externally. Since then, Harvard
has designated both the governance and the senior leadership team
for the new Harvard Library.

On December 10, 2010, President Drew Faust announced the names of
the first 10 individuals who will serve on the new Harvard Library
Board. Composed of faculty members and administrators from across
the University, the board will oversee the transition of the
University's vast library system to a coordinated management
structure.

    <URL:http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/
        2010/12/10-named-to-new-harvard-library-board/>

On December 20, 2010, the University designated Helen Shenton,
former head of Collection Care at the British Library and Deputy
Director of Harvard's University Library organization, as Executive
Director of the new Harvard Library.

    <URL:http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/
            2010/12/library-board-names-executive-director/>

On June 24, 2011, Mary Lee Kennedy, Executive Director of Knowledge
and Library Services at Harvard Business School (HBS), was named
Senior Associate Provost for the Harvard Library. Kennedy will
provide oversight for the complex transition of Harvard's highly
decentralized library system.

    <URL:http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/
            2011/06/kennedy-named-senior-associate-provost/>

More recently, the Library has designated four key individuals to
the Library's senior leadership team:

Matthew Sheehy has been appointed to the new role of Head of Access
Services for the Harvard Library. Sheehy previously served as
Assistant Director of the University Library for the Harvard
Depository. He began working in his new role on August 15, 2011.

    <URL:http://isites.harvard.edu/
        icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&pageid=icb.page437557>

Scott B. Wicks has been appointed Head of Information and Technical
Services for the Harvard Library. Wicks, who served previously as
Associate University Librarian for Central Library Operations at
Cornell University, began to work in his new role at Harvard on
September 12, 2011.

    <URL:http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/
        icb.do?keyword=k77982&pageid=icb.page445400>

Dr. Franziska Frey has been appointed the Malloy-Rabinowitz
Preservation Librarian and Head of Preservation and Digital Imaging
Services. Frey is currently a faculty member at Rochester Institute
of Technology (RIT) and a member of the Munsell Color Science
Laboratory. She will arrive at Harvard in early October, 2011.

    <URL:http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/
        icb.do?keyword=k77982&pageid=icb.page445426>

The Harvard Library has named Lisa Schwallie as its Chief Financial
Officer. Schwallie is currently the Director of New Initiatives at
Stanford Graduate School of Business. She will join Harvard on
October 17, 2011.

    <URL:http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/
        icb.do?keyword=k77982&pageid=icb.page448084>

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For more information, please contact

    Kevin Galvin
    Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
    617-495-1585
    kevin_galvin<-a t->harvard< . >edu.


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