Boards & Committees

Board of Visitors

The SILS Board of Visitors serve as trusted advisors on educational, research and service programs for the School. The Board assists SILS in enhancing the perception of the School, encouraging the highest quality education, participating in strategic planning, evaluating the School's progress and aiming to increase overall support.

Chair

 

 

Charles Lowry
Emeritus, College of Information Studies University of Maryland, College Park
Washington, D.C.

 

Committee Members
 

Larry Alford
Chief Librarian
University of Toronto Libraries
Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
 
 

 
Mary Boone
Immediate Past Chair
North Carolina State Librarian (retired)
Raleigh, NC

 
 

Alice Bordsen
State Representative
North Carolina House of Representatives
Raleigh, NC

 
 

George Coe
President, Baker & Taylor Institutional
Charlotte, NC

 

 

David Goble
Director of Library Services
Citadel
Charleston, SC

 
 

William Graves
Senior Vice President, Academic Strategy at Ellucian
Chapel Hill, NC

 

 

Patricia Harris
Technical Information Specialist
Global Standards and Information Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Bethesda, MD

 
 

Marge Hlava
President, Access Innovations Inc.
Albuquerque, NM

 

 

Robert L. "Jay" Jordan
President and CEO, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
Dublin, OH

 
 
 

The Honorable Robert Sidney Martin
Professor Emeritus
School of Library and Information Studies Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX 
Previous Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services

 

Robert Molyneux
Experienced Data Analyst and Librarian
Norcross, GA

 
 

Peyton Neal
Lawyer 
Washington, D.C.
 

 
 

Marian F. Parker
Law Librarian Consultant
Winston-Salem, NC

 

 

Susan Perry
Senior Advisor, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (retired)
South Hadley, MA

 

 

Wayne Pond
Director, UNC Humanities Program (retired)
Chapel Hill, NC

 

 

Fred Roper
Dean Emeritus, School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

 

 

Judith C. Russell
Dean of University Libraries, George A. Smathers Libraries
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

 
 

Jill Sexton
President of SILS Alumni Association
Information Infrastructure Architect, University Libraries, UNC at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
 

Sarah Snow
Information Management Consultant
Chapel Hill, NC

 

 

Michael Tiemann
Vice President of Open Systems, Red Hat
Research Triangle Park, NC

 

 

Leo Yakutis
Principal at HUMINT Group International
Charlotte, NC

 

 

 

 

The Knowledge TrustSM

The Knowledge TrustSM is a commitment by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science to shape a critical role for 21st century knowledge professionals.
 

The Louis Round Wilson Academy

The central pillar supporting The Knowledge Trust, the Louis Round Wilson Academy, will define and disseminate the primary tenets of 21st century information and library science and service.

Academy Members

 

 

Administrative Advisory Board

Timothy Carey
timothy_carey@med.unc.edu
4/1/13 - 3/31/16
Director
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

Claudia Gollop
gollop@ils.unc.edu
Associate Professor
School of Information and Library Science

Jane Greenberg
janeg@email.unc.edu
Professor
School of Information and Library Science

Anselmo Lastra
lastra@email.unc.edu
Professor and Chair
Department of Computer Science

Cathy Packer
clpacker@email.unc.edu
4/1/13 - 3/31/16
Horace Carter Distinguished Professor
School of Journalism/Mass Communication

Ryan Shaw
ryanshaw@unc.edu
Assistant Professor
School of Information and Library Science