Meet our Panelists: Session 1
Our program begins on Thursday, April 21 at 10am with a panel session with academic library directors from three representative small, medium, and large institutions joining in conversation to speak to and reflect on their adaptive responses and insights gained as their libraries meet the ongoing demands of the epidemic. Highlighting the resilience of their staff and institutions, the directors will share their struggles and visions for how academic libraries can grow through adversity with strategies that may endure within library services for years to come.
Debbie Gasper, Director at Rowan
Dr. Gaspar began her career in academic libraries at The George Washington University, first as an Instruction Librarian, and later as the Instruction Coordinator. Dr. Gaspar is currently the Director of User Services and Collections at Campbell Library of Rowan University. In each of these roles, collaboration with student services and the Writing Center have been essential to delivering library teaching and learning to patrons.
She earned her LMS at Drexel University and Ed.D at St. Joseph’s University
Ed Scarcelle, The New School
Since 2002, Ed’s role at the New School has grown from Director of the Scherman music library. He became University Librarian in 2008, and was promoted into a newly created Associate Provost for Libraries role in 2019, which reflects an extended portfolio beyond The New School Libraries to also include oversight of The New School Archives, the University Learning Center, the New School Art Collection, and English Language Support Services.
Prior to his career at the New School, Ed was an Archival Librarian at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, where he cataloged materials and provided services for one of the largest recording archives in the world.
Originally from the Philadelphia area, Ed holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from St. Joseph’s University, a Master of Music degree (Music History) from Temple University, and a Master of Library Science degree from Long Island University.
Scott Vine, Franklin & Marshall
Scott Vine has held librarian positions at Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, and Franklin & Marshall College, and has Masters degrees in Philosophy and Library/Information Science. He has been the Director of the College Library at F&M since 2016, and is the liaison to the Psychology, Philosophy, Classics and Italian departments. He completed the ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians in 2011, in 2014 was appointed to the editorial board of the journal portal: Libraries and the Academy, and led the F&M Library organization’s strategic planning in 2017.
This project is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor.”
Support is also provided by the College and Research Division of the Pennsylvania Library Association (https://crdpala.org/). Show your appreciation by becoming a member of PaLA! And if you are a member – thank you!