Mississippi Library Association

Kiehl (People in the News)

In mid July, Dr. Carole Kiehl took up the position of dean of university libraries at the University of Southern Mississippi. Originally from Scotland, she received a PhD in French from Glasgow University, studied library science at Robert Gordon’s University in Aberdeen, and began her career in public libraries in Renfrewshire and Dundee. After moving to the United States, she worked at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia as a cataloger and part-time computer operator with DataPhase Systems ILS vendor. Subsequently she became head of cataloging and eventually head of bibliographic services at Old Dominion University. In 2001, Kiehl moved to the University of California – Irvine where she was the associate university librarian for information technology and technical services.

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Posted on: August 8th, 2008