Robert Hudson to Retire as University Librarian; Formation of the University Librarian Search Advisory Committee » Office of the Provost | Blog Archive | Boston University

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Summary:

"Robert Hudson, who has served in various roles in the libraries at Boston University since 1979, as Director of University Libraries from 1992, and most recently as University Librarian since 2007, has announced that he plans to step down from his administrative leadership role and retire from the University. He will continue to serve as University Librarian through the completion of the search process for his successor....Bob has been an important leader in the University’s implementation of OpenBU – aimed at strengthening our commitment to the widest possible archiving, online sharing, and dissemination of BU research and scholarship. In particular, he was instrumental in passing the 2009 Open Access Policy and the effort to move BU from an “Opt-In” to an “Opt-Out” implementation of this policy for faculty scholarly articles in 2015. Over the past several years, Bob has strategically led library-wide organizational change and the continual development of expertise within the library staff to respond to new impact areas (such as Open Access) and to shift resources from print-based processes and collections to digital and emerging areas...."

Link:

http://www.bu.edu/provost/2017/09/13/robert-hudson-to-retire-as-university-librarian-formation-of-the-university-librarian-search-advisory-committee/

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Date tagged:

09/15/2017, 15:00

Date published:

09/15/2017, 11:00