RCL Staff Welcomes Dean Mary Ann Mavrinac

The staff of the River Campus Libraries is very pleased to welcome Mary Ann Mavrinac as their new Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of the River Campus Libraries!

Mavrinac brings to the position a decade of experience as chief librarian at the University of Toronto's Mississauga campus, part of the University of Toronto Libraries that are ranked 3rd among academic research libraries by the Association of Research Libraries. She was selected by the Association of Research Libraries in 2007-2008 as one of the 23 fellows for Research Library Leadership development, and in 2010 served as the president of the Ontario Library Association, Canada's largest library association. She lectures widely on the future of libraries in the digital era and has published on such topics as the "The E-book turning point: When/will e-books eclipse print?" and "Opening up the textbook market." 

Before joining the University of Toronto, Mavrinac was head librarian of the D. B. Weldon Library at the University of Western Ontario Libraries. She holds both a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of education from the University of Toronto. She earned a master of library science from the University of Western Ontario and in 2006 completed her doctorate in educational leadership and change from the Fielding Graduate University. She will be joined in Rochester by her husband, Peter van Schie, who is in the flower bulb industry.

Dean Mavrinac's appointment is effective June 1, 2012.