UC Berkeley University Librarian Jeff MacKie-Mason Announces Retirement Plans

From the UC Berkeley Library:

Today, Jeff MacKie-Mason, UC Berkeley’s university librarian, announced his retirement plans.

In addition to overseeing the UC Berkeley Library system — comprising nearly two dozen locations — MacKie-Mason is a professor in UC Berkeley’s School of Information and an affiliate professor in the Department of Economics. MacKie-Mason will retire in June 2024.

In a message to the UC Berkeley faculty and staff, Benjamin E. Hermalin, executive vice chancellor and provost, praised the Library’s achievements under MacKie-Mason’s leadership. These accomplishments include doubling the Library’s annual philanthropic funding; establishing the Library’s scholarly communications office, which provides the campus community with more than 3,800 copyright, intellectual property, and information policy consultations a year; dramatically ramping up the Library’s digitization efforts, connecting scholars everywhere with digital versions of the Library’s treasures; and initiating the Library’s data services program, supporting the data-related needs of students and faculty.

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In a message to Library staff, MacKie-Mason said that he looks forward to diving more deeply into his classical piano playing and education, and spending more time with his grandchildren.

“It has been an honor to serve with you as we fulfill our mission to help people everywhere find, evaluate, use, and create knowledge to better the world,” MacKie-Mason wrote, “and I am excited about the meaningful things we will accomplish in the coming year.”

Information about the search for a new university librarian will be announced in the coming weeks.

Learn More, Read the Complete Announcement

See Also: Letter Sent to Campus Community

See Also: Announcement of Jeffrey MacKie-Mason Appointment as University Librarian (June 17, 2015)

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