Regents to get librarian nomination

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Regents to get librarian nomination
William A. Gosling, interim director of the University Library at the a University of Michigan since 1997, will be recommended as director of the library to the U-M Board of Regents at its Nov. 19-20 meeting.
U-M Provost Nancy Cantor said that during the national search for a director, she “found tremendous support for the leadership role our li
brary has taken in forging a coalition between the traditional archival role and the emerging role of digital libraries. In the course of this process, I also discovered
wide-ranging national and local support for Bill Gosling as our library director."
Gosling said that “this is an exciting time in the history of great research institutions, which need to respond to the different expectations of students who have grown up in an electronic environment.”
Gosling came to the U-M in 1986 as assistant director for technical services and library systems, following work at the Duke University Library and the Library of Congress.
He holds a B.A. degree in history from Bates College and an M.L.S. from the University of Pittsburgh.