Ilana Stonebraker

I serve as Head, Sciences & Social Sciences. This new position combines the departments Sciences and Social Sciences. This new permanent position supervises the Business/SPEA Library, GIMMS, Education Library, Sciences Library, and the Heath Sciences Research Center. Together, these librarians provide services for curriculum and research in areas reaching 70% of the students on campus and manage $5.7 million library collection dollars, roughly one third of total collections budget. As part of this role, I supervise directly eight librarians, who then manage five full time-time staff and over 60 student workers. I also have remained Head of Business/SPEA Library. From a liaison perspective, I am the primary contact for the Kelley School of Business and the O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs

I hold a Master of Science in Information, with a specialization in Library and Information Services, Preservation of Information, from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Washington. In 2023, I was elected as Vice-President/President-Elect of the Reference and User Services Association (ALA RUSA). During my three-year term, I'll serve as Vice-President, President, and Past President.