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P e o p l e  i n  t h e  N e w sAnn-Christe Galloway

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A p p o i n t m e n t s

Erinn Aspinall has been appointed the full-time, permanent director of the Health Sci-
ences Libraries (HSL) at the University of Minnesota (UM). Aspinall had served as interim 
HSL director since January 2021. Prior to this role, she was HSL associate director. Her 
career includes work at public health, medical, and health sciences libraries, including 15 
years at UM and positions at the University of New Mexico and the University of Michi-
gan. Aspinall is a current NLM/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leader-
ship Fellow. 

Ellen Holt-Werle has joined the university archives staff at the University of Minnesota as 
institutional archivist. In September 2021, Holt-Werle joined the University Archives team 
in the Archives and Special Collections department. She works closely with systemwide 
institutional collections in support of user access as part of the university’s systemwide stra-
tegic plan to advance a deeper understanding of institutional history. Holt-Werle was most 
recently archivist and special collections librarian at Macalester College in St. Paul, Min-
nesota, where she oversaw the College Archives and the DeWitt Library Rare Books Room.

Ginger Williams has been appointed dean of library services at Fort Hays 
State University. In this role, Williams will help steer the planning and 
execution of a major renovation of Forsyth Library. She is also responsible 
for leading the visioning, strategizing, and goal setting for Forsyth Library 
in alignment with the university vision, mission, values, and strategic plan. 
Prior to this appointment, Williams served as associate dean for academic 
engagement and public services at the Wichita State University Libraries. 

Racine Amos, university libraries diversity resident, has assumed a new shared role in 
Library Learning Services and Special Collections as the community engagement archivist 
and librarian at the Penn State University Libraries.

Mae Casey has been appointed accessioning and collection management archivist in the 
Eberly Family Special Collections Library at the Penn State University Libraries.

Lori Cisney has been named serials cataloger librarian at the Penn State University Li-
braries.

Kevin Clair, digital collections librarian, has joined the Eberly Family Special Collections 
Library at the Penn State University Libraries.

Teresa Jewell has been named team science and research services librarian at the University 
of Washington.

Julie Park has been named the Paterno Family Librarian for Literature at the Penn State 
University, beginning July 1, 2022.  

Ginger Williams

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