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Barbara I. Dewey has been Dean of Libraries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, since August 2000. She also holds the title of Professor.

From 1987 until 2000 she held several administrative positions at the University of Iowa Libraries including Director, Information and Research Services and finally Interim University Librarian.

Prior to her work at Iowa she held positions at Indiana University, Northwestern University, and Minnesota Valley Regional Library in Mankato, Minnesota.

She is the author or editor of six books. The most recent, Achieving Diversity, was published in 2006. She has published articles and presented papers on research library topics including digital libraries, diversity, technology, user education, fundraising, organizational development and human resources. She teaches occasionally in the UT School of Information Sciences and holds the M.A. in library science, the B.A. in sociology/anthropology from the University of Minnesota, and the Graduate Public Management Certificate from Indiana University.

Dewey is on the Board of Directors of the Association for Research Libraries and the Digital Library Federation. She serves on advisory boards for the National Museum for Women in the Arts Library, Purdue University Diversity Fellows, and Robert Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center. She is Board Member Emeritus for the New Media Consortium and Past President of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL), a consortia of 43 research university libraries in the southeast.

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Barbara I. Dewey
Dean of Libraries

Jill Keally
Executive Associate Dean

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Patty Boling
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