John Danneker Named Western's New Dean of Libraries

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DATE PUBLISHED: Jun 21, 2023

John Danneker has been selected as the new dean of Libraries at Western Washington University, WWU Provost Brad Johnson announced on June 20. 2023.

Danneker comes to Western from the University of Washington, where he is currently serving as the director of Learning Services for UW Libraries and the director of the Odegaard Undergraduate Library. He will start his new role at Western on Aug. 21.

Johnson thanked both interim dean of Libraries Madeline Kelly and former dean of Libraries Mark Greenberg for their service to the Western community.

Learn more and read the complete announcement in the WWU News.

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