The following message to the University community is from Rhonda Lenton, president and vice-chancellor.
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to inform members of the 91亚色 community of the appointment of Andrea Kosavic as interim dean, 91亚色 Libraries (YUL), effective July 1, 2023 for a period of one year. Joy Kirchner, current YUL dean, will be retiring from her role following an administrative leave which will commence June 30, 2023. I am grateful to Ms. Kosavic for stepping into this critical position while a comprehensive search is undertaken for the next permanent dean.
Andrea Kosavic is presently associate dean, digital engagement and strategy in 91亚色 Libraries, a position she has held since 2016, and prior to which she served the University for 10 years as digital initiatives librarian. Over the course of her term as associate dean, she has concurrently served as interim associate dean of research and interim associate dean teaching and learning. Ms. Kosavic recently completed her term as co-chair of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries鈥 (CARL) Open Repositories Working Group and is a member of the Ontario Council of University Libraries Scholars Portal Committee, the ORCID Canada Advisory Committee, and the Jane Finch Community Research Partnership Steering Committee. She has served on the Public Knowledge Project Members Committee, the Public Knowledge Project Education Group, the OCUL Library Research Cloud Committee, the Synergies Canada National Technical Committee, and as an Ontario Library Information Technology Association Councillor (2010-12). She was also co-founder of the Ontario Council of University Libraries Publishing/Hosting Community.
In 2014, she was honoured with the CARL Research in Librarianship Award for her work as co-investigator for 鈥淲hat鈥檚 in a name? Self-identification practices of academic libraries supporting journal publishing activities,鈥 an area of her ongoing research practice. Her research interests include scholarly communication, publishing, copyright, gift economies, social capital and interoperability, and she has published extensively and delivered numerous lectures and conference papers in the domains of scholarly publishing and digital scholarship.
Ms. Kosavic holds a master's of information studies from University of Toronto and is a doctoral candidate in the Communication & Culture program at 91亚色. During her time with 91亚色 Libraries, she has focused on scholarly communications initiatives including actively serving on the Open Access Open Data Steering Committee and the Open Education Steering Committee, where she contributed to advancing the institutional Research Data Management Strategy and the institutional Open Access Policy. She founded both the 91亚色 Digital Journals publishing program and the 91亚色Space institutional repository.
Please join me in welcoming Ms. Kosavic to the role of interim dean for the Libraries. We are looking forward to working with her and benefitting from her leadership and experience.
Sincerely,
Rhonda L. Lenton
President and Vice-Chancellor
Annonce du doyen par int茅rim des biblioth猫ques de l'Universit茅 91亚色
La pr茅sidente et vice-chanceli猫re Rhonda Lenton adresse le message suivant aux membres de la communaut茅 de l鈥橴niversit茅 91亚色 :
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J鈥檃i le plaisir d鈥檌nformer les membres de la communaut茅 de l鈥橴niversit茅 91亚色 de la nomination d鈥Andrea Kosavic au poste de doyenne int茅rimaire des biblioth猫ques de l鈥橴niversit茅 91亚色, pour une p茅riode d鈥檜n an 脿 compter du 1er juillet 2023. Joy Kirchner, l鈥檃ctuelle doyenne, prendra sa retraite 脿 la suite d鈥檜n cong茅 administratif qui d茅butera le 30 juin 2023. Je suis reconnaissante 脿 Mme Kosavic d鈥檃voir accept茅 d鈥檕ccuper ce poste critique pendant que nous entreprenons une recherche exhaustive pour trouver la prochaine personne.
Andrea Kosavic est actuellement doyenne associ茅e, engagement num茅rique et strat茅gie, aux biblioth猫ques de l鈥橴niversit茅 91亚色, un poste qu鈥檈lle occupe depuis 2016. Avant, elle a servi l鈥橴niversit茅 pendant dix ans en tant que biblioth茅caire des initiatives num茅riques. Au cours de son mandat de doyenne associ茅e, elle a occup茅 simultan茅ment les fonctions de doyenne associ茅e int茅rimaire pour la recherche et de doyenne associ茅e int茅rimaire pour l鈥檈nseignement et l鈥檃pprentissage. Mme Kosavic a r茅cemment termin茅 son mandat de copr茅sidente du groupe de travail sur les d茅p么ts ouverts de l鈥橝ssociation des biblioth猫ques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) et elle est membre du comit茅 du portail des chercheurs du Conseil des biblioth猫ques universitaires de l鈥橭ntario, du comit茅 consultatif d鈥橭RCID Canada et du comit茅 directeur du Jane Finch Community Research Partnership. Elle a si茅g茅 脿 de nombreux comit茅s : Public Knowledge Project Members Committee, Public Knowledge Project Education Group, Library Research Cloud Committee du Conseil des biblioth猫ques universitaires de l鈥橭ntario (CBUO), Synergies Canada National Technical Committee. Elle a 茅t茅 conseill猫re (de 2010 脿 2012) de l鈥橭ntario Library Information Technology Association. Elle a 茅galement 茅t茅 cofondatrice de la Publishing/Hosting Community du CBUO.
En 2014, elle a re莽u le prix de la recherche en biblioth茅conomie de l鈥橝BRC pour son travail de cochercheuse dans le cadre du projet 芦 What鈥檚 in a name? Self-identification practices of academic libraries supporting journal publishing activities 禄, un domaine de recherche pratique continue. Ses recherches portent sur la communication savante, l鈥櫭ヾition, les droits d鈥檃uteur, les 茅conomies de la gratuit茅, le capital social et l鈥檌nterop茅rabilit茅. Elle a publi茅 de nombreux articles et a donn茅 plusieurs conf茅rences dans les domaines de l鈥櫭ヾition savante et de l鈥櫭﹔udition num茅rique.
Mme Kosavic est titulaire d鈥檜ne ma卯trise en 茅tudes de l鈥檌nformation de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Toronto et est candidate au doctorat dans le programme Communication et culture de l鈥橴niversit茅 91亚色. Au cours de son affectation aux biblioth猫ques de l鈥橴niversit茅 91亚色, elle s鈥檈st concentr茅e sur les initiatives de communication savante, notamment en si茅geant activement au comit茅 directeur sur l鈥檃cc猫s ouvert aux donn茅es et au comit茅 directeur sur l鈥櫭ヾucation ouverte, o霉 elle a contribu茅 脿 faire progresser la strat茅gie institutionnelle de gestion des donn茅es de recherche et la politique institutionnelle d鈥檃cc猫s ouvert. Elle a fond茅 le programme de publication 91亚色 Digital Journals et le d茅p么t institutionnel 91亚色Space.
Veuillez vous joindre 脿 moi pour souhaiter la bienvenue 脿 Mme Kosavic au poste de doyenne int茅rimaire des biblioth猫ques. Nous avons h芒te de travailler avec elle et de profiter de son leadership et de son exp茅rience.
Veuillez agr茅er mes sinc猫res salutations,
Rhonda L. Lenton
Pr茅sidente et vice-chanceli猫re