I am pleased to announce that Mr. Beau Case will join UCF as the founding dean of Libraries on November 12.
He joins UCF from the University of Toledo, where he currently serves as dean of University Libraries and director of the University Press. Mr. Case will play a key role in positioning the libraries to support UCF as a leading metropolitan research university that serves a highly diverse community.
His more than 30 years of leadership at large public research universities include serving as head of Arts and Humanities at the University of Michigan Library and as head of Linguistics and West European Languages at the Ohio State University Libraries. He is a member of the global and North America advisory boards for Cambridge University Press.
Mr. Case holds master’s degrees in library science and comparative literature from Indiana University and a bachelor’s degree in English from UCLA. He is a doctoral candidate in curriculum and instruction at the University of Toledo researching critical issues in experiential learning.
Mr. Case champions libraries as vital for society in promoting discovery, inclusion, community engagement, and talent development. I look forward to his contributions in further distinguishing academic excellence and student success at UCF.
I thank the search committee and its co-chairs, Dr. Theodorea Regina Berry and Dr. Christopher Ingersoll, for their success in identifying strong candidates for this important new position. And I want to express my deepest gratitude to Mr. Frank Allen, interim director of Libraries, for his dedicated and thoughtful leadership during a challenging time of both transition and pandemic.
