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ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï appoints Sandra Shropshire dean of Oboler Library

April 25, 2011
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ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï has appointed Sandra Shropshire dean of the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Eli M. Oboler Library, one of several administrative appointments announced in recent weeks by the University.

"We're delighted Sandra Shropshire has accepted our offer to serve as permanent dean of the Oboler Library," said Gary Olson, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï provost and vice president for academic affairs. "She has done a fine job as interim dean and will do much to lead the library to becoming an increasingly more research-friendly venue."

Sandra ShropshireShropshire has worked at the Oboler Library for the last 27 years, including serving as interim dean since last summer.

"I'm pleased by the appointment, and am ready to help the library meet the University's new Carnegie status," Shropshire said.

From 2006 to last summer, Shropshire served as associate university librarian for Collections and Technical Services, and she served in a number of capacities prior to that.

Shropshire earned a Master of Arts degree in English from ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï in 2005, a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Arizona in 1986, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign languages from the University of Idaho in 1983. She is a past president of the Idaho Library Association, has published a number of articles in the Idaho Librarian and is president of the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

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