SILS dean returns to faculty

加里·马尔基奥尼尼(Gary Marchionini)刚加入信息与图书馆科学学院(SILS)时并没有打算当院长. Boshamer Professor in 1998. 写作和教学 是这位著名的人类信息交互专家的主要爱好, digital libraries and interface design and testing.

Selected as SILS dean in 2010, 马尔基翁尼将SILS建设成为世界上最顶尖的信息和图书馆科学项目之一, 创纪录的入学人数以及师资和研究的增长. After 13 years as dean, 马尔基翁尼在2023年宣布，他将在年底辞职，回到SILS的教职员工.

“Over the past almost 14 years, Gary带领SILS度过了许多经济困难的事件, program reviews, creation of new programs, celebrating 90 years of SILS, to COVID-19.  Through all the events big and small, Gary has led SILS with diligence, caring, patience and positivity,” said Susan Sylvester, executive assistant to the dean.

As dean, 他理解让学生为数字时代的挑战做好准备的必要性，并倡导跨学科项目，弥合信息科学与其他学科之间的差距.

“加里的行为总是反映了他对学生成功的承诺, staff and faculty, 因为他真的关心，因为他知道SILS的声誉反映在他们身上,” said David Singleton, chair of the SILS Board of Visitors. “His focus on partnerships, 研究经费和合同使SILS在资源有限的情况下得以发展.”

Commitment to research ‘tapestry’

During his tenure, Marchionini stabilized, transformed and expanded SILS, 开发新的课程和证书以满足市场的需求, Singleton said, pointing particularly to the Center for Information, Technology and Public Life, 这是同类中心中第一个专注于信息交叉点的中心, technology and how we live our lives.”

Marchionini对卓越研究的坚定承诺将SILS推向了新的高度. 他对教师倡议和前沿项目的坚定支持在SILS培养了一个充满活力的研究社区. By easing collaboration and providing resources, 马尔基翁尼战略性地将SILS定位为开创性研究的焦点.

助理教授麦琪·梅洛(Maggie Melo)记得自己是受到马尔基翁尼的启发才加入SILS的. “He described the faculty as a ‘tapestry,突出了每个成员为学校带来的多样性和独特性,” she said. 学院的研究“独特而多样，为学院的实力和活力做出了贡献。. Some contributions serve as the structural foundation, 而其他人则为整个马赛克增添了活力和美感.”

Marchionini promoted diversity initiatives, 创造一个包容的氛围，欢迎来自不同背景的个人，并将SILS塑造成一个反映信息行业全球性质的机构.

“作为院长，加里致力于建立一个有凝聚力和跨学科的空间. One of the things I valued most was his ability to see, 理解和重视来自不同学科的学者如何处理他们的信息研究,” said assistant professor Francesca Tripodi.

What comes next

随着马尔基翁尼回到SILS的教师为他的旅程的下一部分, 他作为教务长的遗产将被铭记为SILS深刻的积极变革时期.

“No dean’s successes are entirely their own. 它们是通过它们要求他人作出的努力和承诺而产生的,” said Duncan Smith, a member of the SILS Board of Visitors. “我对SILS的持续职责之一是支持并努力确保其领导者的成功. 我期待着与接下来坐在曼宁大厅那把椅子上的人做同样的事情.”