Elzy To Join Provost's Staff

Cheryl Elzy, who has served as dean of University Libraries since 1996, will join the Provost's staff as the assistant vice president for Academic Affairs beginning Jan. 1, 2010.  Provost Sheri Noren Everts said a national search for the next dean of University Libraries will begin in August.

Elzy joined Illinois State University in 1981 as an instructor in the library science program before moving to Milner Library as a general reference librarian in 1984.  She became interim dean of University Libraries in 1996 and was appointed dean in 2000.

"Dean Elzy brought unprecedented growth to Milner Library during her tenure," said Noren Everts.  "Her many successes include bringing a myriad of electronic resources to the library, raising library faculty and staff salaries, tripling the number of library endowments and managing expansion and renovation projects at Milner."

 Elzy received national acclaim for her leadership in the Digital Citizen Project where she twice testified before Congress and led more than a dozen presentations on Illinois State's cutting-edge research and testing of techniques to educate students about illegal Internet downloading on college campuses.

 Elzy also played a leadership role in organizing and promoting Illinois State's Speaker Series and served as a member of the North Central Accreditation Steering Team.