Carol Pitts Diedrichs Elected to National Leadership Post

At its recent annual meeting the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) elected Ohio State University Libraries Director Carol Diedrichs Vice President/President Elect.  Carol served as Dean of UK Libraries from 2003 to 2010.

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 126 research libraries in the US and Canada.  Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve.  ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. 

Congratulations Carol!