The work of finding a successor to Austin Booth as dean of the Division of Libraries is proceeding well, thanks to the efforts of the Dean Search Committee. However, it is clear that its work will not be finished by the end of calendar year 2024, when Austin is due to step down. To ensure continuous, effective leadership of the Libraries during the period between Austin leaving her post and the appointment of a new dean, the University has asked Kristina Rose, the associate dean for collections and content strategy since 2019, to serve as interim dean of libraries, effective January 1, 2025.
The libraries are a vital resource to our scholars and students, and so the interim position demanded someone with experience, an established track record, a commitment to the central role the libraries play—and someone who has been involved in the ongoing improvement of our libraries. Kristina Rose is such a person.
As associate dean, Kristina provides strategic leadership for collection development, access and media services, and resource sharing across NYU’s three degree-granting campuses. During her tenure, she led an expansion of the Libraries’ digital-first collection strategy and delivery services, expanded access to scholarly materials, and consistently worked to make library services more accessible and easier to use.
Kristina’s research interests center on enabling evidence-based approaches to service delivery, optimizing the usability of resource-sharing systems, and delineating the role of Access Services within academic libraries. A winner of the American Library Association’s Emerging Leader Award and the NYU Division of Libraries Dean’s Award, she has been a member of the NYU community since 2004, when she joined us as an access services librarian, having previously served as supervisor of the Butler Library Reserves and the Milstein Library at Columbia University. In 2011, she was asked to take on a series of leadership positions within NYU’s Division of Libraries, including interim head of Access, Delivery, and Resource Sharing Services (ADRSS), interim public services coordinator, and later head of ADRSS, before being appointed to her current position.
We thank Kristina for taking on this important assignment come the new year.
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