Julia Blixrud
ARL Director of Information Services and SPARC
Assistant Director, Public Programs
Julia Blixrud has been with the Association of Research Libraries since December
1996, serving now as Director of Information Services. Her responsibilities
include shared planning and development for ARL's New Measures Initiative and
planning for publications and communications activities for ARL. Julia serves
as staff to the Association's membership committee and the Visiting Program
Officer program. She is an adjunct faculty member for ARL's Office of Leadership
and Management Services, conducting workshops on facilitation and the culture
of assessment as well as serving as a consultant on planning and assessment.
Julia also is the Assistant Director for Public Programs for SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. Serving in that capacity since August 1999, she is implementing a grassroots educational program aimed at scientists and scholars, librarians, and society publishers.
Julia's 25-year career in the library community has included positions at CAPCON and MINITEX library networks, the Council on Library Resources, and the Library of Congress. Her interests and professional activities include technical standards, cooperative programs, intellectual property, and scholarly communication. She has a BA in Library Science and Scandinavian Studies from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and an MA in Library Science from the University of Minnesota.
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