CARLI - Key Persons
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- Senior Digitization Coordinator
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- Chairman
- Member of the Scholarship Committee
- Senior Director
Since July of 2016, Anne Craig has had the privilege of serving as the Senior Director at CARLI, the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois, a unit of the System Offices of the University of Illinois. CARLI counts 128 academic and research libraries as its members, ranging in size and scope from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to small, one-person libraries, and research libraries like the Newberry. Prior to July 2016, Anne was the Director of the Illinois State Library for 11 years under Secretary of State Jesse White. She held various roles at the ISL since start there as a Reference Librarian in 1989.
"I have seen firsthand the power that consortia can bring to challenges that all libraries face. Together, we can deliver transformative, enriching services and programs to Illinois' students and faculty. I am so proud to be part of this great organization!"
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- Senior Library Application Coordinator
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- Library Application Support Consultant
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- Associate Dean for Knowledge Services
- Chief Technology Officer at the University of Oklahoma Librarian
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- Director of the a.C. Buehler Library at Elmhurst University
- Director, a.C. Buehler Library / Elmhurst University
Carolyn Ciesla is the Director of the A.C. Buehler Library at Elmhurst University. Working in Illinois libraries since 2008, Carolyn's experience includes the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), several public libraries, and prior to joining Elmhurst in 2021, Dean of Learning Resources and Assessment at Prairie State College. Carolyn has been active with ILA since the beginning of her library career and served as IACRL President in 2017-18. Professional interests include increasing BIPOC representation in the field and trauma-informed leadership. She received her B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona and M.L.I.S. from San Jose State University.
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- Application Support Specialist
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- Member of the Scholarship Committee
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- Dean of Milner Library / Illinois State University
Dallas Long is the Dean of Milner Library at Illinois State University, where he served previously as the associate dean and as the head of access services. His 25-year career in librarianship spans community colleges, public libraries, vendors, and special libraries. He holds a PhD in education from Illinois State University and an MEd and MLS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As an alumnus of the Fulbright program, Long has taught library science in Hungary and assisted the Qatar National Library with its grand opening in 2017. He is an active member of the Association of College & Research Libraries, the American Alliance of Museums, and the American Society of Archivists.
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- Senior Library Services Coordinator
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- Senior Library Services Coordinator
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- Director of Institutional Research and Library Services
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- Dean, Library Administration / South Suburban College
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- Chairman
- Member of the Executive Committee
Dr. Sharon T. Silverman has served for almost ten years as Department Chair of the Library-Learning Resource Center at Olive-Harvey College. In this capacity, she has formed partnerships with department chairpersons from a variety of disciplines to create Embedded Librarian Library Instruction Sessions. She works closely with the Directors of Information Technology, The Transfer Center, Deans of Instruction, and Student Services for the purpose of acquiring innovative instructional resources for students, faculty, and staff.
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- Director, Collections Services
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- Director, Medical Library / Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
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- Illinois State University
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- Assistant Director, User Services
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- Associate Director, Electronic Resources
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- Assistant Director, System Services
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- Member of the Scholarship Committee
- Director of the Library / Columbia College Chicago
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- Professor, University of Illinois
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- Membership & Communications
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- Library Services Coordinator
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- Library Services Coordinator
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- Chairman
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Chairman / Director, Brandel Library / Northpark University
Matt Ostercamp is currently the Library Director of the Brandel Library at North Park University in Chicago. Previous positions include serving as the Access Services Librarian at North Park and the Head of Technical Services at Trinity International University. Matt is a past president of Atla the professional organization for theological and religious librarians. He has an MA in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois and an MA in Christian Thought from Trinity International University. Research interests include the philosophy of technology, reading practices, and the history of Christianity.
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- Visiting Library Services Coordinator
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- Senior Coordinator, Open Illinois
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- Senior Coordinator, Membership & Communications
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- Associate Dean
- Associate Dean, Learning Commons / Parkland College
Morgann Quilty is the Associate Dean for the Learning Commons at Parkland College. She first came to Parkland in 2019 as the Library Director, then shepherded the Library through its transition into the Learning Commons in 2021. The Learning Commons brings together wraparound academic support services to ensure student needs are met in a single physical and virtual environment. Prior to her role at Parkland, Morgann held roles in Illinois and Australia, working in medical, public, and academic libraries. She graduated from the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science in 2003 and received a graduate certificate in University Teaching from the University of Notre Dame Australia.
As a community college graduate herself, and a library kid from the beginning, Morgann's passion is connecting students with the resources that will help them succeed-whether that's in a certificate program for a career or taking the first steps towards a higher degree. CARLI plays a huge role in the ability of Parkland College to connect students with those resources, and Morgann is delighted to give back by serving on the CARLI Board.
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- Director, Rolfing Library / Trinity International University
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- Senior Electronic Resources Coordinator
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- Senior Coordinator, Library Services and Outreach
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- Chairman
- Chairman - Elect
- Member of the Executive Committee
Pattie Piotrowski, University Librarian and Dean, Library Instructional Services at the Norris Brookens Library, University of Illinois Springfield, has spent the last twenty years in Illinois academic libraries. She holds an MLIS from Dominican University, and an MBA from Illinois Institute of Technology. She has been a member of ALA and ACRL since the start of her career, as well as an active member of ILA. She served as the 2013-14 IACRL President and then as the ILA President in 2016-17. She was a member of the 2003-04 Synergy: Illinois Library Leadership Initiative co-hort and a founding member of Elevate Illinois Libraries Leadership Program, which had its first session in April 2018. In 2016 she was named Illinois Library Association Academic Librarian of the Year. She has published book chapters, published in College & Research Libraries, portal: Libraries and the Academy, and presented at local and national conferences.
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- Associate
- Member of the Scholarship Committee
- Associate Dean of the Library / Elgin Community College
Shannon Pohrte is currently the Associate Dean of the Library at Elgin Community College since August of 2018. Previously she was the Director of Library Services at the University of St. Francis in Joliet. Shannon obtained her MLIS from Dominican University. Though she has had 13 years in college libraries, Shannon has also worked as a public librarian and high school library assistant. These different roles provide Shannon with creative ways to bring knowledge and best serve the students, staff, and faculty of ECC. She feels that libraries can fill so many different patron needs from technology to just being a welcoming place to land.
Stephanie Davis-Kahl is the University Librarian & Copyright Officer at The Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University. She provides leadership and long-term planning for library services, collections, human resources, and facilities, as well as leadership for print and electronic collections focused on undergraduate learning and scholarship. She also serves as liaison to several academic departments, supporting students and faculty through consultations, collection development, and information literacy instruction, and represents the library within Academic Affairs at IWU. She also represents the library within the Consortium of Academic & Research Libraries of Illinois (CARLI), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), and the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC). She has served as the Managing Faculty Co-Editor of the Undergraduate Economic Review since 2008. She earned her BA in East Asian Studies from Oberlin College and her MS in Library Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2014, she received the Distinguished Librarian Award from the Education & Behavioral Sciences Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries.
Job Titles:
- Senior Library Services Coordinator