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Judy Ruttenberg Appointed ARL Program Director for Transforming Research Libraries



Washington, DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Judy F. Ruttenberg as Program Director for Transforming Research Libraries (TRL). Ruttenberg is currently Program Officer for Collections at the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN), a collaborative organization of Duke University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She will assume her role with ARL on November 1, 2011.

The fundamental mission of the ARL TRL Program Director is to develop and implement imaginative and practical strategies that promote and facilitate strategic transformations within and among research libraries, particularly with regard to their role in advancing the research enterprise and research-intensive teaching and learning. This mission is pursued in close collaboration with ARL member libraries, higher education and information technology partners, scientific and scholarly societies, and other library organizations.

At TRLN since 2005, Ruttenberg has managed inter-institutional task groups to explore and solve some of the complex issues facing ARL libraries today, including the sharing, retention, and storage of print materials; collaborative collection development, and the opportunities and constraints of e-resources relative to print; and collaborative large-scale digitization. She has also organized seminars and symposia for TRLN libraries staff on these topics and co-coordinated strategic planning retreats for TRLN library directors. Ruttenberg has seen TRLN's successes in these areas change institutional culture and transform skeptics into enthusiastic champions of cooperation.

Prior to her tenure at TRLN, Ruttenberg served as a librarian at several academic, research, and special libraries, including the University of California, Irvine, and the National Agricultural Library. Ruttenberg has been recognized throughout her career for providing leadership and building strong relationships among all levels of library staff.

"I am thrilled to be joining the staff of ARL, and to be given the opportunity to work with member libraries as they explore and undergo profound transformation. Managing the ambitious TRL portfolio will be a great and welcome challenge," said Ruttenberg.

"We are delighted that Judy Ruttenberg is joining the ARL staff," said ARL Executive Director Charles B. Lowry. "Judy's experience working with multi-institutional committees to tackle problems in innovative and strategic ways will be a tremendous asset to our TRL program and to the ARL membership."

Ruttenberg will assume her new role on November 1, 2011, and may be reached at judy@arl.org .

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 126 research libraries in the US and Canada. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the web at http://www.arl.org/ .