The internal search for a head of the Reference & Orientation unit of the Research & Access Services Area has been completed, and I am pleased to announce that Kate Fuller will be leading Reference & Orientation Services. The members of the unit are Kathy Banas-Marti, Kate Fuller, Kathy Labadorf, Jane Recchio, and Joelle Thomas.

Reference & Orientation Services

Reference & Orientation Services is one of four units making up the Research & Access Services Program Area. Other units in the area are Circulation & Reserves, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Sciences. The Reference & Orientation Services unit is responsible for coordinating:

• Reference and information services
• Basic information literacy initiatives
• General orientation and student engagement programs at the main library

Core team functions:

• Coordinate the provision of physical and virtual reference services
• Coordinate engagement and outreach activities aimed at students or incoming students and their families
• Facilitate information literacy objectives
• Contribute to assessment and development of teaching, learning, and other library spaces

The unit head serves as immediate supervisor for the members in the unit and works together with the Director and the other Area unit heads to oversee the work of the Research & Access Services Area as a whole.

Scott Kennedy