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BGSU has chosen the director of a large medical school library who has significant experience with OhioLINK as its next dean
of University Libraries, Linda Dobb, executive vice president, has announced.
Thomas Atwood |
Thomas Atwood, currently director of the Ocasek Medical Library at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM),
in Rootstown, will begin his duties at BGSU June 29.
At NEOUCOM, Atwood oversees a budget of more than $1.5 million in operating and capital expenses. In addition to the College
of Medicine library, he has responsibility for the Northeastern Ohio Cooperative Regional Depository and the library’s Academic
Learning Resources, and oversees the management of areas such as academic technologies and course management systems, and
public, technical and media services. He is also chief medical librarian for the Oliver Ocasek Regional Medical Information
Center.
"The search committee felt that Tom Atwood would be an exceptional dean for the University Libraries based on his participatory
leadership style and exceptional listening skills," according to Dr. William Balzer, chair of the search committee and dean
of Continuing and Extended Education. "Tom's extensive professional experience and background in Ohio university libraries
and his acknowledged leadership in the development of OhioLINK—arguably one of the nation's best systems for searching, accessing
and sharing library resources across institutions—brings additional prestige and recognition to BGSU's well-recognized library
staff, collections and services."
Atwood, chair of the OhioLINK Coordinated Depositories Task Force, also served on OhioLINK’s Governing Board and Executive
Committee in 2004-05, and has been a member of its Library Advisory Coordinating Committee Council since 2002. He has been
on its Advisory Council of Deans and Directors since 1990, serving as chair in 2004-05.
A member of the Ohio Board of Regents Inter-University Council of Library Deans and Directors since 1999, he was chair of
that group from 2001-03.
Before his appointment at NEOUCOM, he worked at Youngstown State University from 1986-2002, ending his tenure there as executive
director of libraries.
He earned a master’s degree in library and information science in 1981 from Florida State University. He received a bachelor’s
degree and another master’s degree, in English, from Youngstown State, in 1977 and 1980, respectively.
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