On April 25, University of Ottawa Librarian and Dean of Libraries Talia Chung was appointed to the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Board of Directors at the CARL Spring Meeting 2024, held in Montreal.
Ms. Chung was elected as Ontario Region Representative for a two-year term. This is her second term on the CARL Board. She previously served from 2020 to 2022, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Talia Chung is very excited to continue her work on the Board:
“Libraries engage in deep collaboration, whether within a regional network to support our learners and neighbours, or whether to set international standards which ease and accelerate access and exchange of digital information around the world. CARL is a critical organization in Canada’s academic library landscape, and I am excited to once again serve on the Board.”
Talia Chung has held the position of University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at the University of Ottawa since 2018. Ms. Chung is actively involved in various committees and professional associations. In addition to her previous term on the CARL Board of Directors, Ms. Chung also chaired CARL’s Advancing Research Committee, and is currently Chair of the Association of Research Libraries’ (ARL) Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee. She has held various roles on the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and is OCUL’s representative to the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Advisory Committee. Talia Chung is also a member of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)’s inaugural Open Science and Scholarship Committee, serving as the only Canadian representative.
About CARL
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries represents Canada’s twenty-nine largest university libraries and two federal institutions. CARL provides leadership on behalf of Canada’s research libraries and enhances capacity to advance research and higher education. It promotes effective and sustainable knowledge creation, dissemination, and preservation, and advocates for public policy that enables broad access to scholarly information.