CRL Appoints Beverly Lynch as Interim President

[Scott Bennett <scott.bennett@YALE.EDU>]

>Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 11:45:01 -0500 (EST)
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>CRL's Board of Directors Appoints Dr. Beverly P. Lynch of UCLA
>As Interim President
>
>Chicago, IL)  On November 4, 1999, the Center for Research Libraries Board
>of Directors unanimously appointed Dr. Beverly P. Lynch to serve as
>Interim President from January 1st to December 31st 2000.  Dr. Lynch,
>Professor of the University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School
>of Education & Information Studies, will replace Donald B. Simpson who
>retired in October following nineteen years of service as the President of
>the research library consortium. 
>
>In accepting the appointment, Dr. Lynch acknowledged the importance of
>CRLs fifty years of achievement as a national and international agency for
>library cooperation.  I anticipate, with great enthusiasm, the opportunity
>to serve CRL as it positions itself for the next century.  It will be a
>pleasure to work with the Board, the members, and the staff to set the
>directions for the next fifty years, said Dr. Lynch. 
>
>Commenting on the appointment of Dr. Lynch, Douglas Bennett, Chair of CRLs
>Board of Directors and President of Earlham College said, Beverly Lynch
>brings a wealth of experience and understanding of research libraries to
>this position.  The Board of Directors and I are very grateful that she is
>willing to serve as Interim President for CRL at this important time.
>
>Marjorie Bloss, CRLs Vice President for Library Operations and James K.
>Green, CRLs Vice President for Membership & External Affairs will serve as
>Acting Co-Presidents until January 1, 2000.  Mr. Green has also been
>appointed CRLs Chief Financial Officer.
>
>In 1989, Dr. Lynch was appointed Dean of the Graduate School of Library &
>Information Science at UCLA. As a professor in the graduate school, Dr.
>Lynch currently teaches in areas that include systems and issues of higher
>education, and academic and research libraries.
>
>Long an active member of the American Library Association, Dr. Lynch is
>also currently serving as Chair of the ALA Committee on Accreditation.
>She served as ALA President from 1985-1986.  Presently, she represents ALA
>on the IFLA Standing Committee on Library Theory and Research and has
>served as the Committees Chair and Financial Officer.  Dr. Lynch was also
>recently elected Vice Chair and Chair elect of the National Information
>Standards Organization (NISO).
>
>Dr. Lynch also has held to her credit an array of professional
>appointments including Executive Secretary of the Association of College
>and Research Libraries (ACRL) in 1972 and University Librarian and
>Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1977. In addition,
>In addition, Dr. Lynch has worked in various professional positions in the
>libraries of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Marquette
>University, Yale University, and the City of Plymouth (England) Public
>Library.
>
>CRLs Board will serve as the search committee to find CRLs next President.
>Details relating to the recruitment process will be available in early
>2000.  Prospective applicants may contact Janice Sandowski, CRLs Human
>Resources Manager, at 773-955-4545 (Ext. 348), or by e-mail at
>sandowsk@crlmail.uchicago.edu for additional information.
>
>