Nationality American, Jamaican Website [1] | Occupation Librarian Employer University of Delaware | |
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Born August 17, 1966 Jamaica Known for President of ACRL, 2013–2014 Books Sphynx: The Australian Experience, Scenic New Zealand People also search for Neil Bowd, Anna Dawes, Angela Irvine, Michael A. McAuliffe | ||
Trevor dawes
Trevor A. Dawes is a Jamaican-born American librarian and educator, who served as the 76th President of ACRL. On March 31, 2016, Mr. Dawes was named May Morris Librarian and vice provost for libraries and museums at the University of Delaware.
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Early life
Dawes was born in St. Catherine, Jamaica to Louise and Charles Dawes. He has five older siblings. The family relocated to Brooklyn, New York in 1980.
Education and Career
Dawes received a BA in Sociology from Columbia University in 1990 and an MA in Educational Administration from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1994. He earned a MLS from Rutgers University – New Brunswick in 2001 and Ed.M in Educational leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University the following year.
Dawes currently serves as the Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums and May Morris Librarian at the University of Delaware. In this capacity, Dawes is also responsible for the University of Delaware Press. Prior to this role, he served as Associate University Librarian at Washington University in St. Louis from 2013 to 2016. Prior to that, Dawes held various library management positions at Columbia University and Princeton University.
Additionally, Dawes has been an Adjunct Professor at Drexel University College of Computing and Informatics since 2006.
Honors and Committee Work
Dawes was named a 2007 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. He was honored for helping to create the New Jersey chapter of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA).
Dawes has participated on and lead numerous ALA committees. These include serving as councilor at large on the ALA Council (2008-2011 and 2015-2018) and as a member of the ALA Committee on Committees (2010-2011). He was a member of the ALA Committee on Education (2011-2013) and served as chair of the Committee on Diversity (2006-2007). Dawes has also been active with the LLAMA, serving as a member of the Technical Services Committee (2005-2009), Membership Committee (2005-2006), and as an executive committee member at large of LLAMA-MAES (2003-2005).
Dawes has served as executive board member at large of the New Jersey Library Association (2009-2013) and president of the ACRL-NJ/NJLA-CUS (2009-2010). He served as secretary of the ACRL-NJ/NJLA-CUS (2007-2008) and co-chair of the mentoring committee of the New Jersey Library Association (2006-2009). He also was a member of the Cultural Diversity Committee of ACRL-NY (2003-2006).
In addition to his presidency, Dawes has served ACRL in various other capacities, including serving as co-chair of the ACRL 2017 Scholarships Component Committee, co-chair of the ACRL 2013 Conference Invited Papers Component Committee (2011-2013) and co-chair of the ACRL 2011 Conference Poster Sessions Component Committee (2009-2011). He was a member of the ACRL Scholarships Committee (2010-2011) and a member of the ACRL Appointments Committee (2007-2008). Dawes also served as chair of the ACRL Professional Development Coordinating Committee (2006-2009) and as chair of the ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Nominating Committee (2004-2005).
Mr. Dawes was elected to a three-year term as a member of the ALA Executive Board in January, 2017. He will serve from October 2017 to October 2020.
ACRL Presidency
Dawes was named President of the Association of College and Research Libraries in July, 2013. He served as president for a one-year term, when President-elect Ann Campion Riley succeeded him. Prior to assuming the presidency, Dawes served as Vice President/President-Elect for one year. Similarly, he served as Past President during Campion's term.
During his tenure as President, Dawes continued his work on equity, diversity, and inclusion. He also focused on increasing financial literacy and worked to expand discussions around how libraries add value to their institutions.