The (CARL) has elected Donna Bourne-Tyson, 麻豆传媒鈥檚 university librarian, as its 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 Bourne-Tyson. 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
As president of CARL, Bourne-Tyson 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.
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Bourne-Tyson has recently commenced her second term as university librarian at 麻豆传媒. She has been in the role since 2011, having previously 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 麻豆传媒 community through supporting initiatives such as open access, scholarly communications, research data preservation and learning communities.
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