{"71195":{"#nid":"71195","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Catherine Murray-Rust Named Dean of Libraries","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a national search, Georgia Tech has named Catherine Murray-Rust to the position of dean of Libraries. She will succeed Richard Meyer, who previously announced in December his intention to retire. She is scheduled to start August 15, 2008.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMost recently, Murray-Rust has served as dean of libraries at Colorado State University, where she oversaw five facilities with more than 2 million volumes and a staff of 30 library faculty members, 70 support personnel and more than 100 student employees. In response to challenges that she foresees facing academic research libraries-an institution she says is still largely entrenched in its 19th-century roots-a main focus of her tenure at Colorado State was transforming the mission and perception of the library, as well as expanding and utilizing the library\u0027s technological strengths, including the development of digital applications and user-centered services.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring her May 5 presentation at Georgia Tech, Murray-Rust outlined these challenges. The main hurdle, she says, is changing how faculty and students view the role and responsibilities of the library. \u0022We need to shift the focus from things-the collection, technology-to the people these things are intended to serve,\u0022 she says. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAcademic research libraries must make the move to partner on \u0027forward-looking projects\u0027 in addition to advocating for library services and collections. Moving toward digital planning, research and production is a must, she adds, as is participation in information policy-making. The successful research library will offer, in Murray-Rust\u0027s estimation, \u0027meta-librarians\u0027 and information \u0027extension agents,\u0027 willing to foresee users\u0027 needs and provide scholarly research for a wider audience. Tech already has made significant strides in this area, Murray-Rust said, adding the challenge will be to continue striving and moving forward, \u0027on a day-by-day strategy.\u0027\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m delighted to bring Catherine\u0027s vision and experience to the libraries of Georgia Tech,\u0022 said Provost Gary Schuster. \u0022Thanks to Dean Meyer\u0027s leadership, the library is well-positioned for the next phase of growth and innovation and Catherine is the right person to build upon our progress.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to her Colorado State University tenure, Murray-Rust served as associate university librarian for Public Services and Innovative Technology at Oregon State from 1999 to 2003. After serving as a reference librarian, technology trainer and associate university librarian, she ended her 21-year experience at Cornell as director of campus delivery for the university\u0027s project 2000. From 1973 to 1977, she worked for Reuters News Agency and Oxfam\/VOCAD in London.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMurray-Rust\u0027s diverse educational background includes a charter in Librarianship from the Library Association of Great Britain (1976), a graduate diploma in Library and Information Studies from the University of London (1974) and a bachelor\u0027s degree in political science and history from Mount Holyoke College. She also completed graduate studies in international nutrition from Cornell University (1979), conducted graduate coursework and independent study in African politics and international relations at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania (1971-72) and participated in an internship with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1969).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Following a national search, Georgia Tech has named Catherine Murray-Rust to the position of dean of Libraries. She will succeed Richard Meyer, who previously announced in December his intention to retire. She is scheduled to start August 15.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has named Catherine Murray-Rust dean of libraries."}],"uid":"27191","created_gmt":"2008-06-06 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:15","author":"Robert Nesmith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-06-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-06-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71196":{"id":"71196","type":"image","title":"media:image:6021e234-4c7d-4eea-87ac-eeb37f9579e5","body":null,"created":"1449177358","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:58","changed":"1475894630","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:50"}},"media_ids":["71196"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.library.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Library and Information Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2077","name":"Catherine Murray-Rust"},{"id":"2078","name":"dean"},{"id":"2079","name":"libraries"},{"id":"1205","name":"Library"},{"id":"2080","name":"Richard Meyer"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}