Third library finalist to hold public forum Tuesday

Emily McElroy, a finalist for the position of director of the McGoogan Library of Medicine, will speak to faculty, staff and students from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6, in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater.

McElroy is associate university librarian for content management and systems at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).

She has a B.S. in history from DePaul University and a master’s in library and information science from Dominican University (Ill.) Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Prior to OHSU, McElroy was head of library acquisitions at New York University, and has held positions at the University of Oregon and Loyola University’s Health Sciences Library.

She is completing a two-day visit to campus, the third of four finalists who will visit UNMC. The final candidate, Stewart Brower, will visit on Aug. 8 and 9.