New Appointments in Library Leadership
Shan Sutton will join the University of Arizona Libraries on June 1 as Vice Dean. Currently Shan serves as Associate University Librarian for Research and Scholarly Communication at Oregon State University. His administrative experience also includes positions as Associate Dean and Head of Special Collections at the University of the Pacific. Shan is an alumnus of Harvard University’s Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians and the UCLA Senior Fellows program for academic library leaders. His research agenda focuses on issues of open access publishing and the roles of academic libraries as disseminators of scholarship. Shan holds a Master of Arts in Library and Information Science from the University of Arizona and a M.A. in Humanities from Wright State University.
Jerry Perry will join the University of Arizona Libraries on June 1 as Associate Dean. Currently Jerry serves as Director of the Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical campus. Jerry is active in the Medical Library Association and is a Past President (2011–2012). He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Medical Library Association and the open access journal Biomedical Digital Libraries (BioMed Central). Jerry has published extensively on library administration, medical and consumer informatics, and evidence-based practice. Honors include selection as an inaugural fellow in the National Library of Medicine/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leadership Fellow Program. Jerry holds of Master of Science in Information and Library Science from SUNY Buffalo.
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NEW VIDEO | Learning the Archives
Each year emerging professionals in the field of archival management gain hands-on experience in Special Collections. These talented and creative individuals, all master’s students from the UA School of Information Resources and Library Science, are gaining real-world experience while learning new approaches to caring for archival treasures.
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NEW AUDIO | Early Books Lecture Series XII
Hear new ideas that are emerging from the study of medieval texts – the Chinese Buddhist Canon, Protestant print propaganda, and the typology of paper in early manuscripts from Central Asia – as presented in the audio recordings of Special Collections 12th annual Early Books Lecture Series. Listen now
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UA Selected as Arizona Host Site for 2016 First Folio Exhibition
Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night. These famous plays and 15 others by Shakespeare would probably have been lost to us without the First Folio. Published in 1623, the First Folio is the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, and only 233 copies are known today. Next year, to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the Folger Shakespeare Library is sending a First Folio to every state in the United States.
The University of Arizona has been selected as the Arizona host site through an application coordinated by the Libraries and the Arizona State Museum, and in collaboration with numerous other campus and statewide partners. From February 15 - March 15, 2016, the Tucson community will have the opportunity to experience the First Folio in person. Read more
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Friends of the University Libraries Book Sale
Saturday, May 30, 10 am – 3pm
1535 E. 8th Street, Tucson, AZ 85719
Our spring book sale will feature volumes of anthropology, art and architecture, psychology, the West, Japan, China, the Middle East, non-fiction, fiction, and much more! A private pre-sale will be held from 8-10 am and is open only to Friends members with membership cards. If you are not currently a Friend, $50 at the door (cash or check) will provide you access and an annual membership to other great events. All proceeds are used to purchase important materials for the University of Arizona Libraries. Read more
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