[ICPSR] [OR-Announce] ICPSR Saddened by Passing of Former Council Chair Ann Wolpert

[Mark Thompson-Kolar]

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research is
saddened to learn of the passing of Ann J. Wolpert, after a brief illness.
She had been director of libraries at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology since 1996 and a leader in the area of digital stewardship.

Wolpert, 70, was a member of the ICPSR Council from 2008-2012 and its Chair
from 2010-2102.

“Ann was a great friend and guide for ICPSR,” said ICPSR Director George
Alter. “As Chair of the ICPSR Council, she was a wonderful mentor to me
personally and a model of leadership in academic organizations.”

As director of libraries, she was responsible for the MIT Libraries’ five
major collections and a number of smaller branch libraries, as well as the
MIT Press, according to her biography at MIT. She was active in the
professional library community, serving as president of the Association of
Research Libraries, as a board member of the Boston Library Consortium, and
as a member of the National Institute for Health’s Public Access Working
group. She also was a frequent writer and speaker, contributing papers on
topics including open access and the future of research libraries, library
service to remote users, and intellectual property management in a digital
environment.

Prior to joining MIT, Wolpert was executive director of library and
information services at the Harvard Business School.

Wolpert held a BA from Boston University and an MLS from Simmons College.

Further information can be found on MIT’s website at
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/ann-wolpert-obituary.html.
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