Core Forum Webinar Series on Leadership & Management

Presenters

Beth Bohstedt is the Director, Learning & Research Services, for Hamilton College’s Library and Information Technology Services (LITS). She is responsible for Research & Instructional Design, Collections, Circulation, ILL, Diversity & Inclusion efforts, and LITS facilities oversight, as well as a member of the LITS Strategic Leadership Team. She previously worked at the Grinnell College Libraries in Grinnell, Iowa. She has served on ACRL, EAST, and regional committees, and has presented at ACRL, the Charleston Conference, EDUCAUSE, and numerous regional conferences on topics such as collection strategies, space planning, diversity, and incident response. Beth received a B.A. from the University of Northern Iowa and a M.S. in LIS from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Diana Price has been working in libraries for over 15 years and is currently the Central Library Manager for Alexandria Library. In her free time, she enjoys knitting, dance, and indoor gardening.

Kevin Osborne, Library Director, Waynesboro Public Library, is an elementary media specialist turned public library manager who ended up a director.

Ashley Krenelka Chase is the Associate Director of the Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library, Coordinator of Legal Practice Technology, and Instructor of Law at Stetson University College of Law. She has been recognized by the American Association of Law Libraries as an Emerging Leader in Academic Law Libraries and has published books and articles on topics relating to technology, access to information, and the impact of changing generations in libraries and legal academia. She holds an MA from the University of South Florida, a JD from the University of Dayton School of Law, and a BA from Bradley University.

Lindsay Cronk, Core President, is covered in tattoos and full of strong opinions. 

Maurini Strub is Director of Performance & User Engagement at the University of Rochester.

Rachel Fleming works on affordable course materials, scholarly communication, and institutional repositories as Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Fleming has fifteen years of experience in library technical services including collection development, collection management, serials, and acquisitions. Fleming’s research interests center around the affective aspects of library technical services, including intra-library communication, development of professional identity and leadership skills.

Abby Annala has a Master’s in Library and Information Science from Dominican University and an MBA from Loyola University Chicago. Formerly a marketing coordinator at a public library, she currently serves as the librarian for the Quinlan School of Business and the Assessment Librarian at Loyola University Chicago. She has been working at Loyola for almost 9 years. In addition to traditional subject specialist and assessment work, Abby has a background in organizational development, strategic planning, and process improvement.

Hong Ma is the Head of Library Systems at Loyola University Chicago and assumed a new role as the Interim Associate Dean for User Service in January 2021 to oversee the work of the library’s Access Services, the Information Commons, and the Assessment Librarian. She played essential roles in LITA (Library Information Technology Association) and serves on the Core Board as Director-at-Large. She services as Steering Committee member of ELUNA (Ex Libris Users of North America). She also has been active in ER&L (Electronic Resources and Libraries), CNI (Coalition for Networked Information) and Educause community. She is a regular writer and speaker on implementing technologies in user-centered library services. Her research interests focus on developing value stream driven technology framework and processes to enhance library services.