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Janice Simmons-Welburn, dean of the university library, joined Marquette in April 2006 after serving as associate dean of libraries at the the University of Arizona since 2003 following 13 years of service at the University of Iowa, where she served as director of central public services and facilities, director of human resources and central processing (technical) services, head of the Information and Instructional Services Department, and coordinator of system-wide information and instructional services.
As part of her work, she was a participant in the library’s planning committee that created the first Information Commons in a university library. Simmons-Welburn also served two years as coordinator of personnel and diversity programs in the libraries.
Earlier, Simmons-Welburn held librarian positions at New York University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Indiana University (where she was interim head of the Medical Sciences Library), and Princeton University, where she was head of the Psychology Library.
She also served as a librarian for the Indianapolis-Marian County Public Library and at Bishop College in Dallas, where she began her professional career.
Simmons-Welburn has published extensively and made numerous presentations in her fields of interest in librarianship. She serves on the editorial board of Portal: Libraries and the Academy and her extensive academic and professional service includes serving as vice chair/chair-elect of the University Libraries Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Since 2002, Simmons-Welburn has taught online lyceum courses in fund development and conflict management as an adjunct faculty member of the Association for Research Libraries.
Simmons-Welburn earned a bachelor of arts in history at Bishop College and a master of arts in American history focusing on the antebellum South at Atlanta University. She earned a master of science in library and information studies from Atlanta University in 1978.
UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
- Ms. Rana H. Altenburg
- Ms. Cynthia M. Bauer
- Dr. Margaret L. Bloom
- Mr. Roby Blust
- Dr. William E. Cullinan
- Mr. Steven J. Cottingham
- Dr. Robert J. Deahl
- Dr. Dennis Garrett
- Ms. Tricia Geraghty
- Dr. William A. Henk
- Dr. Stanley V. Jaskolski
- Mr. Joseph D. Kearney
- Mr. Greg Kliebhan
- Mr. John C. Lamb
- Dr. William K. Lobb
- Dr. Judith Fitzgerald Miller
- Dr. John J. Pauly
- Dr. John Pustejovsky
- Dr. Ellen B. Rudy
- Ms. Stephanie Russell
- Mr. Arthur F. Scheuber
- Dr. David L. Shrock
- Mrs. Janice Simmons-Welburn
- Dr. Jeffrey T. Snell
- Rev. Andrew J. Thon, S.J.
- Ms. Julie Tolan
- Dr. William R. Wiener
- Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J.
Quick Facts About Marquette
| Identity: | Catholic, Jesuit, private |
| Established: | 1881 |
| Location: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Undergraduate: | 8,048 |
| Postgraduate: | 3,500 |
| Campus: | Urban, 90 acres |
| Athletics: | 14 NCAA Division I teams (Big East) |
| Colors: | Blue and Gold |
