Dr. Ann Carlson Weeks is Associate Dean of Academic Programs in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. Prior to her appointment at the University, she was Director of Library and Information Services for the Chicago Public Schools, Executive Director of the youth divisions at the American Library Association, and Coordinator for the National Library Power Program. She, with her colleagues, was responsible for the creation of the Great Libraries Network (http://greatlibs.wikispaces.com/). In her work with iPAC, she serves as the principal investigator of the School Library Supervisors’ project.
Ann Carlson Weeks
Affiliate Faculty
Kimberly White
Graduate Research Associate
Kim is a second year MLS student in the E-Government and Information & Diverse Populations specializations. She earned her B.A. from The Ohio State University in Medieval and Renaissance Literature and European History. Since moving to the D.C. area she has interned with the United States Department of Labor’s Wirtz Labor Library, served as group liaison between D.C. Public Libraries and the FCC on a Section 508 Technical Accessibility repository project, traveled to India with the iSchool to study knowledge management and libraries in the developing world, and is presently working on the State Library Agency Organizations: Role, Structures, and Services project with iPAC. Kimberly is deeply passionate about reaching underserved communities and promoting civil strengthening and development initiatives through technology and public libraries.
Erin Zerhusen
Graduate Assistant
Erin Zerhusen is pursuing her Masters in Library Science at University of Maryland's College of Information Studies with a specialization in Information and Diverse Populations. She received her bachelor's degree in History from Washington University in St. Louis and since graduating has worked as a Development Assistant for the Alzheimer's Association of Colorado until moving to DC in 2011.
