Utah's Sarah Michalak
appointed new University librarian
Tresolini tapped as academic
initiatives associate provost
Decorations & Distinctions
Staff Promotions/Reclassifications
Utah's Sarah Michalak appointed
new University librarian
Sarah C.
Michalak, a librarian with more than 30 years of experience
in higher education, has been appointed University librarian
and associate provost for University libraries.
Michalak (pronounced "ma-HOL-ik"), director
of the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah
in Salt Lake City, will start work Sept. 20. The Board of Trustees
approved her appointment on July 22. She will succeed Joe Hewitt,
who retired after 29 years with the UNC libraries.
"Sarah brings a wealth of expertise
in management, collection-building and all other aspects of
librarianship," said Robert Shelton, provost and executive vice
chancellor. "Her passion for realizing the full potential of
libraries will ensure that Carolina's collections remain among
the best in the world."
Michalak will oversee the three main libraries
and nine branches across campus, with more than 300 staff members.
Holdings exceed 5.6 million volumes, about 5 million microforms,
2 million government publications, 19 million manuscripts and
thousands of audiovisuals, maps, photographs and electronic
titles.
The University Library, or Academic Affairs
Library, consists of the Walter Royal Davis Library, which is
the main library and emphasizes the humanities and social sciences;
the Robert B. House Undergraduate Library, with major reserve
reading materials and a media resources center; the Louis Round
Wilson Library, with special collections; and nearly a dozen
branch libraries covering subjects including art, biology, chemistry,
geological sciences, information and library science, math,
physics and music. Special collections include the North Carolina,
Southern Folklife, Southern Historical and Rare Books collections.
"This appointment, to steward one
of the world's great research libraries, is a supreme honor,"
Michalak said. "I will do my best to sustain and build upon
the excellence of Carolina's libraries."
Michalak has directed Utah's Marriott
Library since 1995. Her responsibilities include management,
policy-making, budgets, campus leadership in advancing use of
new technologies and statewide leadership in higher education
library programs.
Utah's libraries have 3.1 million volumes
and 264 full-time employees. They include a center in which
faculty members learn to use information technology in teaching;
writing and multi-media centers; a digital library program and
an instructional program reaching more than 20,000 students
annually. Special collections concern the history and settlement
of the intermountain West; special facilities include a Middle
East Library.
From 1996 to 2002, Michalak said, the
library's annual gate count doubled, from 750,000 to 1.5 million.
Since 1995, the state share of its budget has increased 30 percent;
staff starting salaries have risen by an average of 25 percent;
and 14 million has been raised for library renovations.
Previously, Michalak was a librarian at
the University of Washington, Seattle, for 16 years. There she
led construction and implementation of a major addition to the
main library. She founded the library development program and
directed nine science libraries.
Michalak's professional memberships have
included service on the boards of the Association of Research
Libraries and the Library Administration and Management Association,
part of the American Library Association. She is on the steering
committee of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources
Coalition, an international group working to solve problems
in scholarly communications caused by high prices of science,
technology and medical journals.
At the University of California, Riverside,
Michalak headed the Bio-Agricultural Library. She earned a bachelor's
degree in English at Riverside in 1969. She completed a master's
in library science at UCLA in 1970. A native of Iowa, she grew
up there and in Riverside.
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Tresolini tapped as academic
initiatives associate provost
Carol P.
Tresolini has been named the associate provost for academic
initiatives, a senior position in the Office of the Provost.
Robert Shelton, executive vice chancellor and provost, made
the decision after a review of internal candidates. She will
assume the post Sept. 7.
Tresolini will fill the position formerly
held by Stephen Allred, now executive associate provost.
Currently director of the Office of Educational
Development in the School of Medicine, she also is a research
associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry. She received
her bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1972 and earned
her master's and doctoral degrees at Carolina in 1976 and 1991,
respectively.
Tresolini joined the Carolina faculty
in 1995.
"I'm delighted to have Carol join
the provost's office team," said Shelton. "She brings great
depth of experience and familiarity with the health affairs
side of campus. Her work in educational development and as a
research associate professor makes her well qualified to oversee
the many centers and institutes that report to our office. Her
demonstrated commitment to increasing diversity is also notable."
The associate provost for academic initiatives
is a key leadership position with two primary areas of responsibility:
public service and outreach, including campuswide education
programs, and academic facilities planning.
As associate provost, Tresolini will oversee
the diverse centers and institutes that report to the Office
of the Provost, from the Ackland Art Museum, APPLES and the
Center for Public Service to the Morehead Planetarium and Science
Center, the N.C. Botanical Garden, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center
for Black Culture and History and the William and Ida Friday
Center for Continuing Education.
Also under that umbrella is the Center
for Teaching and Learning, where Tresolini currently serves
as chair of its advisory committee. "I have worked with Carol
on the Health Affairs Interdisciplinary Advisory Committee and
on the Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Board, and
found her to be an excellent colleague," said Allred. "She is
smart, articulate, and committed to excellence. She understands
Carolina and the opportunities for interdisciplinary work that
our institutes and centers provide."
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Decorations & Distinctions
Thomas Bacon
Program director of the North Carolina Area Health Education
Centers (AHEC) program and executive associate dean of the School
of Medicine, Bacon has received the 2004 Meritorious Service
Award from the North Carolina Hospital Association (NCHA).
Bacon was honored with the award, which
recognizes outstanding service to the health-care field, on
July 15 at the NCHA summer meeting in Asheville.
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Staff Promotions/Reclassifications
through May
Information provided by Human Resources
with employees' permission. Entries are listed by name, new
title and department.
Alston, Kenneth, Senior Computer Operator,
Administrative Information Services
Barker, Donna, Telecommunications Analyst
I, Academic Technology & Networking Services
Briggs, Robert, Power Plant Mechanic,
Energy Services
Broach, RC, Telecommunications Analyst
I, Academic Technology & Networking Services
Cripe, Susan, Administrative Assistant
II, Nutrition
Crutchfield, Beth, Accounting Specialist
II, Office of Sponsored Research
Durham, Hilda, Accountant IV, Office of
Sponsored Research
Edwards, James, HVAC Supervisor II, Facilities
Services Division
Freedman, Darlene, Administrative Officer
I, NC Institute for Public Health
Green, Melanie, Administrative Assistant
I, NC Institute for Public Health
Harrington, Paula, Administrative Assistant
II, Microbiology and Immunology
Hurley, Manley, Maintenance Mechanic IV,
Facilities Services
Justice, Kathy, Administrative Assistant
I, Psychiatry
King, Terri, Program Assistant V, Medicine
Kylander, Jackie, Social Research Associate
I, Medicine
Lesane, Monica, Accounting Technician
III, Dental Faculty Practice
Marchant, Allison, Library Technical Assistant
I, Academic Affairs Library
Morris, Lisa, Administrative Assistant
I, NC Institute for Public Health
Pan, Wei, Research Technician III, Pediatrics
Potts, Gina, Administrative Officer I,
Surgery
Price, Henry, Accounting Specialist I,
Financial Planning and Budgets
Rogers, Brian, Research Technician III,
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Thacker, Daniel, Electronics Technician
II, Facilities Services Division
Tuttle, Mary "Lynn", Administrative Officer
I
Walton, Felicia, Research Analyst I, Pediatrics
Young, Lori, Administrative Assistant
III, School of Education
Edwards, Melissa, Social Research Associate
I, UNC General Administration
