Advisory Board and Committees

Advisory Board

Purpose and Role of the IS Advisory Board

  • Represent the primary constituent groups — students, faculty, alumni, WNY library community and potential employers — which have a stake in the success of the IS program.
  • Provide advice to the IS program regarding all areas relating to its mission and strategic direction with a primary focus on areas related to curriculum, research and service, and serve as a liaison between the IS program and the constituent groups which its members represent.
  • Provide advice to the IS program regarding those administrative areas that bear directly on the ability of the IS program to pursue its mission, most notably, funding and technology.
  • Advocate for the IS program in the public forum and informally assist in marketing the program.

Advisory Board Members

Christopher Hollister, Advisory Chair
 Associate Librarian
524 Lockwood Memorial Library
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
716-645-1323
cvh2@buffalo.edu
Large academic library (IS alum/WNY)

Dr. Heidi Julien, IS Chair
Professor, Department of Information Science
Graduate School of Education
University at buffalo
526 Baldy Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-1000
716-645-1474
http://ed.buffalo.edu/information 
heidijul@buffalo.edu
IS professor/WNY

Dr. Dan Albertson, IS Faculty Liaison
Associate Professor, Department of Information Science
Graduate School of Education 
University at Buffalo
530 Baldy Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-1000
716-645-1482
 http://ed.buffalo.edu/information
 danalber@buffalo.edu
IS professor/WNY

Alice Wu, IS Student Representative
aywu@buffalo.edu
IS student/WNY

Sheryl Knab
Executive Director, Western New York Library Resources Council
4455 Genesee Street
PO Box 400
Buffalo, NY 14225-0400
716-633-0705
sknab@wnylrc.org
 http://www.wnylrc.org
Library association – regional library council (WNY)

Cady Fontana
Edith B. Ford Memorial Library
PO Box 410
Ovid, NY 14521
607-869-3031
ovidlib@rochester.rr.com
cady711@gmail.com
Rural public library; 2014 IS graduate

Timothy Galvin
Buffalo and Erie County Public Librarian; Head of Extension Services; Head of the Libraries Union
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library—Central Branch
1 Lafayette Square
Buffalo, New York 14203
716-858-8900
 galvint@buffalolib.org
http://www.buffalolib.org
Large public library system—WNY

Esther Marie Jackson
Esther Marie Jackson
59 Red Lion Row
Kennett Square, PA 19348
716-510-1571
 emj4@buffalo.edu
2013 IS graduate

Susan Janczak
Adjunct Instructor
Department of Information Science
Graduate School of Education
University at Buffalo
538 Baldy Hall
716-645-1480
sjanczak@buffalo.edu

Kristen Squire
Senior Taxonomy Specialist
Edelman Intelligence
320 N. Goodman St.
Rochester, NY 14607
585-613-0068
kristen.m.squire@gmail.com

Advisory Board Bylaws
Strategic Planning Open Forum (November 2010)