Ohio University has appointed Janet Hulm interim dean of University Libraries, effective August 15, 2023.
Hulm currently serves as the assistant dean for collections and digitization strategies for University Libraries and has been with Ohio University since 2005. This is the second time Hulm has been named interim dean of University Libraries; she previously held the position in January–August 2019. During her time with University Libraries, she has also held the positions of head of acquisitions and interim head of cataloging. Before joining Ohio University, she worked at the University of Iowa and Antioch College.
Hulm is a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Research and Analytics Committee and previously served on the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Collections and Service Policy Committee. She has also represented Ohio University on OhioLINK’s Cooperative Information Resources Management policy team since 2014. In addition, she serves on the University Libraries’ Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee and Luminaries Guiding Committee, and served on OHIO’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging Faculty Affairs Council last year.
Hulm earned a master of library science degree from Kent State University and a bachelor of arts degree in anthropology from Antioch College.
At Ohio University, Hulm will serve as interim dean of University Libraries while the university conducts its search for a successor to Neil Romanosky, who has been recommended as dean of libraries at Michigan State University. Romanosky has led the Ohio University Libraries since 2019.
For more information about Hulm and this transition, see the Ohio University news release, “Janet Hulm Named Interim Dean of University Libraries.”
