From: Janice Franklin [mailto:jfranklin@alasu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 5:04 PM To: Sandra Phoenix <sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Subject: Re: UMES welcomes new dean of Library Services Congratulations Adrienne! We are proud of you. On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 5:54 AM, Sandra Phoenix <sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> wrote: Congrats Adrienne!!!!! University of Maryland Eastern Shore News April 8, 2016 UMES welcomes new dean of Library Services Adrienne C. Webber, a seasoned librarian with two decades of higher education experience, is the new dean of library services at UMES’ Frederick Douglass Library following a national search. For the past eight years, Webber was dean of Library and Information Services at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C. She was responsible for developing and executing the strategies and initiatives that drive leadership, research learning, teambuilding, growth and strategic partnerships. Webber previously served as the assistant director for Access Services at Xavier University in New Orleans, La. She developed, maintained and encouraged a healthy work environment despite the challenges of operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Webber earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications from Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, La. and a Master of Science degree in library service from Clark Atlanta University in Georgia. She holds professional membership in the HBCU Library Alliance Library Leadership Institute and the HBCU Archives Training Institute, among others. Webber also worked as an archivist for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games in 1996-97. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820<tel:800-999-8558%2C%20ext.%204820> 404-592-4820<tel:404-592-4820> Skype: sandra.phoenix1 Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558<tel:1.800.999.8558> (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879<tel:404.892.7879> www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. _______________________________________________ HBCU-LibAdmin mailing list HBCU-LibAdmin@lists.hbculibraries.org<mailto:HBCU-LibAdmin@lists.hbculibraries.org> http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/listinfo/hbcu-libadmin -- Janice R. Franklin, Ph.D. Dean, Levi Watkins Learning Center Project Director, National Center for the Study of Civil Rights And African-American Culture Alabama State University Montgomery, AL 36101-0271