John Holtz Memorial Lecture Series

On Thursday, April 25, 2024, the Friends of Brookens Library co-sponsored the John Holtz Memorial Lecture featuring Heather Jagman, the Head of Research, Instruction, and Academic Engagement at DePaul University Library in Chicago.
 

John Holtz died in 2004, and this year’s Memorial Lecture will review what has been happening in academic libraries for the 20 years since his passing. John was a man ahead of his time. He was very involved with the rapid changes occurring in academic libraries before his death, such as transitioning from a card catalog to an online, searchable catalog and the advent of journals appearing in full-text online. Heather will give us her fascinating perspective on academic libraries from the front lines of librarianship.

Heather is immediate Past President of the Illinois Library Association and the Head of Research, Instruction, and Academic Engagement at DePaul University Library, where she is also the liaison to The Theatre School & College of Education. She is the co-editor of the 2015 award-winning volume, Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students How to Think About Information, published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, and her article, “I Felt Like Such a Freshman: First-Year Students Crossing the Library Threshold” (co-written with Paula Dempsey), was named a top 20 article for 2016 by the ALA’s Library Instruction Roundtable. Heather lives in Chicago with her spouse Arek Dreyer, and their exuberant Bedlington Terrier, Mr. Harry Mochi.  Her entire professional career has been spent working in Illinois libraries.  

Sponsored by the John Holtz Memorial Lecture Fund