April 2015 201 C&RL News

The time to lead
ACRL seeks nominees for section offices

Standing for ACRL section office is an op-portunity to become involved with impor-
tant issues affecting academic and research 
librarians in the 21st century, gain leadership 
experience, and build ties with colleagues. 
It is also an opportunity to be of service to 
your ACRL section community, ensuring that 
it continues to nurture the development of 
new members and forge deeper connections 
to the profession.
 
ACRL section officers
Candidates for vice-chair/chair-elect, secre-
tary, and members-at-large of ACRL sections 
are selected by the nominating committee of 
each section.

If you would like to nominate someone 
or be nominated yourself, contact the chair 
of the appropriate section nominating com-
mittee by June 1, 2015. Terms of office will 
begin on July 1, 2016.

2016 section nominating committee 
chairs

Anthropology and Sociology: Pauline 
D. Manaka, pdmanaka@uci.edu

Arts: Ngoc-Yen Tran, yentran@uoregon.
edu

Asian, African, and Middle Eastern: 
Binh P. Le, bpl1@psu.edu

College Libraries: Alicia Suzanne Han-
sen, ahansen@holycross.edu

Community College and Junior Col-
lege Libraries: Christina L. Sibley, christina.
sibley@azwestern.edu

Distance Learning: Michael Courtney, 
micourtn@indiana.edu

Education and Behavioral Sciences: 
Scott Collard, sac11@nyu.edu

Instruction: Karen Munro, kmunro@
uoregon.edu

Law and Political Science: LeRoy Jason 
LaFleur, leroy.lafleur@tufts.edu

Literatures in English: Arianne Hartsell-
Gundy, arianne.hartsell.gundy@duke.edu

Rare Books and Manuscripts: Fernando 
Peña, jfpena.rbms@gmail.com

Science and Technology: Matthew R. 
Marsteller, matthewm@andrew.cmu.edu

Slavic and East European: John C. De-
Santis, john.c.desantis@dartmouth.edu

University Libraries: Beth Filar-Williams, 
filarwilliams@gmail.com

Western European Studies: Elizabeth A. 
Chenault, chenault@email.unc.edu

Women and Gender Studies: Heather 
Lee Tompkins, htompkin@carleton.edu  

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