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Dear Bethany Thank you for the words of welcome and introduction. I look forward to working with colleagues on this Committee. Warm Regards Buhle On 20 Dec 2016 22:55, "Bethany Nowviskie" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear friends — I’m pleased to announce that, beginning in January, five > new members will join our distinguished Digital Library Federation Advisory > Committee: > > https://www.diglib.org/members/advisory/ > > They are: > > *Andy Ashton*, Director of Vassar College Libraries > *Jill Cousins*, Executive Director of Europeana > *Buhle Mbambo-Thata*, outgoing Executive Director of Library Services for > the University of South Africa > *Shilpa Rele*, Digital Program Librarian at Loyola Marymount University > and *Yasmeen Shorish*, Data Services Coordinator at James Madison > University > > Andy, Jill, Buhle, Shilpa, and Yasmeen will collaborate with the following > continuing members in providing counsel to DLF on activites, partnerships, > and strategic direction: > > *Dan Cohen*, Director of the Digital Public Library of America > *Max Marmor*, President of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation > *Trevor Muñoz*, Associate Director of MITH and Assistant Dean for Digital > Humanities Research, University of Maryland Libraries > *Stephen Rhind-Tutt*, President of Alexander Street Press > *Bess Sadler*, Manager for Application Development in Digital Library > Systems, Stanford University Library > *Sarah Shreeves*, Associate Dean for Digital Strategies, University of > Miami Libraries > *Jennifer Vinopal*, Associate Director for Information Technology, Ohio > State University Libraries > > The committee will be chaired by Dan Cohen. He takes on this role from > past DLF Advisory chair *David Rumsey*, President of Cartography > Associates. > > Also rotating off the committee are *Winston Tabb*, Sheridan Dean of > University Libraries and Museums at the Johns Hopkins University, and *Patricia > Hswe*, Program Officer for Scholarly Communications at the Andrew W. > Mellon Foundation. > > On behalf of all of us at the DLF, I’d like to thank David, Patricia, and > Winston for their energy, wisdom, and service — and to welcome our new > Advisory Committee members! It will be a pleasure and privilege to work > with them, on behalf of all of you in the wider DLF community. > > As always, please feel free to write to me directly, or to members of our > little team, with questions or suggestions about how we can serve you > better: https://www.diglib.org/about/staff/ > > — and if you are considering ways to use DLF as a platform to advance your > own projects and goals, we invite you to review our new Organizers’ > Toolkit, and get in touch: https://wiki.diglib.org/ > > All best wishes for the holiday season, > Bethany > > Bethany Nowviskie > Director of the Digital Library Federation (DLF) at CLIR > Research Associate Professor of Digital Humanities, UVa > diglib.org | clir.org | ndsa.org | nowviskie.org | she/her/hers > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit diglib.org/announce > ######################################################################## to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit diglib.org/announce