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Dear Colleagues, Following an extensive national search, it gives me great pleasure to announce the appointment of Douglas Litts as the new Executive Director of the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, Art Institute of Chicago, effective July 27, 2015. As the new Executive Director, Doug will be taking the helm of one of the great art libraries in North America, with a collection of nearly 500,000 print titles, 100,000 auction catalogs, 1,000 serial subscriptions, significant archival holdings of artist's and architect's papers, and a growing collection of digital assets. In addition to overseeing a staff of 22 full-time employees, Doug will work closely with the curatorial, publishing, digital experience and access, and education departments to ensure that the Libraries' collections and digital resources develop in alignment with the research, acquisition, and exhibition priorities of the museum. As well, he looks forward to supporting the research of SAIC students and faculty. Doug comes to us from the Smithsonian Libraries, where he is Head Librarian of the Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery. For the past 5 years he has been responsible for planning and directing all library operations in support of the research needs of two world-class museums at the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum and research complex. Prior to his successful tenure at the Smithsonian, he was Library Director at the Corcoran College of Art + Design & Gallery, and Assistant Librarian at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Doug holds an MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MA in the History of Art and Archaeology from New York University, with a specialization in Classical Art. In his current position he is responsible for collection development and access, care and preservation of rare materials and legacy collections, and emerging initiatives in museum librarianship. Active on ARLIS/NA committees and as an editor for ARLIS/NA *Reviews*, he has a nuanced understanding of the balance between print and digital publishing in our field, and maintains an up-to-date knowledge of current issues in the history of art and architecture. Please join me in congratulating Doug Litts on his new appointment. Kind regards, Anne Anne Champagne Head of Technical Services Ryerson & Burnham Libraries Art Institute of Chicago 111 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60603 tel. 312-857-7108 fax 312-443-0105 [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~