Contact ACRL
Mailing address:
Association of College and Research Libraries
American Library Association
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-2795
Telephone: (312) 280-2523
Toll Free: 1 (800) 545-2433, ext. 2523
(between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CST)
Fax: (312) 280-2520
E-mail: acrl@ala.org
Executive Director
mdavis@ala.org
312-280-3248
- Directs activities of the ACRL and CHOICE offices
- Coordinates policy implementation and strategic planning
- Prepares ACRL’s budgets
- Ex-officio member of ACRL’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors
- Serves as official contact for higher education organizations
- Grants fundraising approval
Staff
Margot Sutton Conahan, Manager of Professional Development
mconahan@ala.org
312-280-2522
- Manages all aspects of ACRL’s professional development offerings, including the ACRL Conference, preconferences, institutes, and virtual conferences
- Manages ACRL’s e-learning program
- Coordinates the ACRL Colleagues Program for Conference
- Oversees professional development/E-learning
David Connolly, Classified Advertising Coordinator/Editorial Assistant
dconnolly@ala.org
312-280-2513
- Manages job ads for C&RL News in print
- Manages JobLIST, the online career site ACRL operates jointly with American Libraries and ALA’s Office of Human Resources Development and Recruitment
- Contact for information about subscriptions, job ads, and manuscript submissions for C&RL News
- Produces ACRL Briefing Book
Katie Coombes, Program Officer
kcoombes@ala.org
312-280-2519
- Coordinates activities of the Board of Directors (agenda and document preparation for Board meetings, etc.)
- Prepares Board document
- Assists in budget preparation and review
- Prepares and maintains ACRL’s financial reports
- Receives contributions from corporate sponsors and maintains records for ACRL
- Manages ACRL’s office
Kathryn Deiss, Content Strategist
kdeiss@ala.org
312-280-2529
- Handles all questions about ACRL’s publications
- Manages Non-serial and monograph publications
- Develops an overarching plan for integrating and sequencing ACRL content offerings to meet the needs of academic and research librarians, including content acquisitions and development of publications, seminars, institutes, e-Learning, etc.
- Teams with other members of the ACRL staff to identify the appropriate format for content delivery
- Provides organizational development and facilitation consulting services
David Free, Editor-in-Chief of College and Research Libraries News/Marketing and Communications Specialist
dfree@ala.org
312-280-2517
- Responsible for content and production of C&RL News in print and online
- Develops marketing and communications plans for ACRL programs, publications, and services
- Coordinates press releases and promotional activities
- Coordinates ACRL’s Standards and Guidelines
Ann-Christe Galloway, Production Editor
agalloway@ala.org
312-280-2524
- Copy and layout editor for C&RL News in print and online
- Writes “People in the News” and “Grants and Acquisitions” for C&RL News
Francine Graf, Managing editor of Choice
fgraf@ala-choice.org
(860) 347-6933
- Manages all aspects of the magazine, reviews-on-cards, and electronic databases
- Coordinates the work of CHOICE's editorial staff
- Plans the editorial calendar
- Handles CHOICE's business and economics sections
Megan Griffin, Program Officer
mgriffin@ala.org
312-280-2514
- Contact for section executive committees
- Oversees section rosters and appointments
- Oversees ACRL's Annual Conference programs, special events, and activities
- Prepares ACRL’s ballots for the ALA annual elections
- Coordinates ACRL’s awards program
- Coordinates ACRL’s Chapters Council
- Contact for ACRL’s discussion groups
- Contact for virtual meeting scheduling
Kara Malenfant, Senior Strategist for Special Initiatives
kmalenfant@ala.org
312-280-2510
- Coordinates ACRL’s government relations advocacy
- Coordinates ACRL’s scholarly communication activities
- Coordinates ACRL's value of academic libraries initiative
- Teams with others on staff to provide consulting services on organizational development and use of ACRL's standards for libraries in higher education
Dawn Mueller, Senior Production Editor
dmueller@ala.org
312-280-2516
- Manages and produces all nonserial publications
- Develops and maintains ACRL's website
- Provides website support
- Manages production of C&RL, RBM, and section newsletters
- Primary design and production of all ACRL brochures and flyers
Tory Ondrla, Conference Supervisor
tondrla@ala.org
312-280-2515
- Manages logistics for ACRL professional development events including preconferences, workshops, institutes, the ACRL Conference, and ACRL Board functions
Mary Jane Petrowski, Associate Director
mpetrowski@ala.org
312-280-2523
- Serves as Chief Operating Officer for ACRL
- Coordinates ACRL membership promotion and retention activities
- Coordinates Friends of ACRL
- Coordinates advisory services, leader orientation, mentoring programs, interest groups, online communities
- Manages ACRL’s Research Evidence for Action in Libraries research service
- Manages ACRL's Academic Library Trends and Statistics program
Irving Rockwood, CHOICE, Editor and Publisher
irockwood@ala-choice.org
312-280-6933
- CHOICE editor and publisher
- Handles magazine and other product advertising sales, subscription services, and marketing promotions for CHOICE and ACRL serial publications
- Oversees CHOICE Reviews Online
- Oversees Resources for College Libraries
