Members of the LIS Advisory Board represent present and future directions for the department’s students and research: public libraries, community engagement, digital data, and leadership. Members provide input on feedback on grants and curricular development.
Christopher Bishop
Health Sciences Librarian, Marian University
Hackelmeier Memorial Library
Janet Brewer
Director, Nicholson Library
Susan Dotson
Indiana Historical Society
Nichelle Hayes
CEO, IndyPL; Manager and Founding Leader of the Center for Black Literature & Culture, IMPL
John Helling
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Indianapolis Public Library
Susie Highley
Creston Middle School
Joan Hostetler
Indiana Album Project Director
Jason Kelly
Director, Indiana Arts and Humanities Institute
Associate Professor of British History, IU Indianapolis
Erica Lake
Medical and Academic Library Outreach Coordinator, University of Iowa
S. Chandler Lighty
Executive Director, Indiana Archives and Records Administration
Jim Lingenfelter, AIA
Five2Five Design, Indianapolis
Alexandra Loewen
Alumni MLIS Program, IU Indianapolis
Kristi Palmer
Herbert Simon Family Dean of IU Indianapolis University Library
Pamela Seabolt
Community Engagement Librarian
Midwest Collaborative for Library Services
Jacob Speer
State Librarian, Indiana State Library
Lorelle Swader
Director, American Library Association
Office of Human Resource Development and Recruitment
Lane Velayo
Executive Director, Indiana Library Federation
Michael Witt
Associate Professor of Library Science, Purdue University
Head, Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2)