Chandra McKenzie, Assistant Provost and Director of Libraries at the Rochester Institute of Technology, joins the NYSHEI Governing Board. Ms. McKenzie was elected to represent large, private colleges and universities.
Chandra McKenzie is a SUNY Buffalo and Rochester Institute of Technology alumna with dual Master’s Degrees in Instructional Technology and Library Science. During her long tenure at RIT, Ms. McKenzie served as Associate Director of RIT’s Wallace Library for fourteen years. As such, she was instrumental in planning and execution of the library’s 65,000 sq. ft. building renovation/addition and working with former Director, Pat Albanese to create the Java Wally’s Café. Ms. McKenzie’s regular duties included management of the Cataloging, Circulation, Interlibrary Loan and Serials/Acquisitions departments. She also served as Head of Reference for seven years and as such, also coordinated the Library’s instruction program.
Ms. McKenzie served six months as Interim Director until November of 2002, when she was named Assistant Provost and Director of RIT Libraries. Her focus has been on Library service enhancements that enrich campus culture and strengthen campus community. She is responsible for the creation of the Library’s Idea Factory, the implementation of an extensive schedule of library events and lecture series, and launching the Publishing and Scholarship Support Center. Other library initiatives and facilities include the Lawson Publishing Center (home of RIT’s University press), the RIT Museum and the Deaf Studies Archive. Technology initiatives include the creation and growth of an institutional repository called RIT Digital Media Library and the development of the first open access journals on campus.
RIT Libraries is a founding 5 member of the ConnectNY consortium, whose 14 members share a combined catalog of over six million items. RIT Libraries provides all technology and training support for the consortium. RIT Libraries was also the recipient of the 2006 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award.
Chandra McKenzie joins Pearl Berger of Yeshiva University as representitives of large private institutions, succeeding Bart Harloe of St. Lawrence University.
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