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Vice Provost and Dean of the Libraries

The University seeks a distinguished academic administrator to serve as the next Vice Provost and Andrew H. & Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of the University of Rochester Libraries. Reporting to the Provost, this position will oversee the University’s River Campus Libraries, a system spanning numerous locations and collections that serve the academic and research mission of the University.

More details forthcoming

A full job description, as well as information on how to apply, will be shared on this website soon.

Search committee and firm

A University-wide search committee has been established to help evaluate candidates for this position. The University has also acquired the search firm DSG | Storbeck to assist in the position search.

Search committee members
  • Wendi Heinzelman (CHAIR): Dean of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
  • Hsin-Yun Cheng: PhD candidate in Visual and Cultural Studies / Graduate Program Assistant at the Rossell Hope Robbins Library
  • Ajay Anand: Professor and Deputy Director, Goergen Institute for Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
  • Charlie Bush: Assistant Dean for Grants and Contracts, School of Arts & Sciences and Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
  • Jonathan Sauceda: Associate Dean and Head of the Sibley Music Library and Associate Professor of Musicology
  • Jennifer Raynor: Associate Dean, Miner Libraries
  • Maggie Dull: Assistant Dean, Scholarly Resources and Curation
  • Ray Henry: Director of Digital Initiatives, River Campus Libraries
  • Randy Whitestone: Alumnus (BA ’83, P ’19) and a member of the Libraries National Council
  • Barbara Burger: Trustee and the Chair of the Library National Council
  • Karma Frierson: Assistant Professor of Black Studies
  • Aashay Mardikar: Junior-year undergraduate student majoring in Biochemistry (Class of 2026)
  • Erin Allen: Alumnus and member of the Libraries National Council
  • Aaron Hughes: Dean’s Professor of the Humanities, Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Jewish Studies, Dept. of Religion and Classics