News: Jill Golden becomes ISAW's New Assistant Head Librarian

Jill Golden joins the ISAW Library this week as its new Assistant Head Librarian. Jill comes to ISAW from the Hoover Institution Library and Archives at Stanford University, where she had worked as an archivist in charge of special projects, communications, and outreach since 2010. Jill has extensive experience in both archives and libraries in the United States and Europe, as well as deep experience in metadata and digital projects. She will therefore be an integral part of the team working on meeting the ISAW Library's current challenges, including the crafting of a strategic plan, the growth and curation of the Ancient World Digital Library, and a number of other operational and digital initiatives planned for the near and intermediate future.

In addition to her MLIS, Jill has an MA from Stanford in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and so she is a welcome addition to ISAW's capacity to collect materials about Central Asia, in print and digital formats. The search committee was unanimous in its belief that Jill's mix of skills, experience, and vision made her the right librarian to help support and foster the signature culture of entrepreneurial engagement, active outreach, and technological savvy that is the hallmark of ISAW and the NYU Division of Libraries today.