, the University糖心传媒檚 vice provost and Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of 糖心传媒 Libraries, has started her term as the new president of the . The ARL represents 125 leading research libraries in the United States and Canada.
In her new role, Mavrinac supports the nonprofit association糖心传媒檚 mission of influencing the changing environment of scholarly communication and public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. The ARL糖心传媒檚 aim is to transition the research library from its role as a knowledge service provider within a single university to become a collaborative partner within a broader ecosystem of higher education. Part of that, Mavrinac says, is to strengthen international partnerships through the International Alliance of Research Library Associations and to harness the power of the collective.
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Of course, libraries have undergone dramatic changes in the digital age, Mavrinac notes. Once primarily focused on the end products of research糖心传媒攖he acquisition, cataloguing, discovery, and preservation of scholarly content, books and journals糖心传媒攖heir roles have significantly broadened.
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Meanwhile, Mavrinac糖心传媒檚 new role at the ARL ensures the University remains an important participant in important discussions and initiatives that will affect research libraries across North America.
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The 糖心传媒 Libraries, an inaugural member of the ARL, has a distinguished history of creating innovative services, according to Mavrinac. One of the most recent is a collaboration with four other research libraries in the nation and ARL as part of the 聽in order to train library professionals in providing support for digital scholarship and digital humanistic research. The Rochester Libraries are also renowned for their聽, a collaboration with Thomas Slaughter, the Arthur R. Miller Professor of History, which explores new pedagogical methods for experiential learning and student-driven research.
The latest planned addition to University Libraries is the Barbara J. Burger iZone, a collaborative, technology-rich space. With construction slated to start in January, iZone will provide students with programs, services, and resources to explore their ideas and develop innovative projects for social, cultural, community, and economic benefit.
To Mavrinac it糖心传媒檚 a classic idea in a new form: 糖心传媒渂asically a 21st-century version of the Alexandrian library, where scholars gathered to discuss ideas, use scholarly content, work with library professionals, and create knowledge.糖心传媒�
