On behalf of President Folt, I am pleased to announce that we will welcome Dr. Melissa Just as dean of the USC Libraries, effective November 27, 2023. Dr. Just will hold the Valerie and Ronald Sugar Dean’s Chair while she serves as the USC Libraries dean.

Below, you’ll find a Position Profile for the USC Libraries.

We write to provide an update regarding the search process for the Dean of the USC Libraries.

The search advisory committee has finalized the position profile, and it is attached here. This is a public document, so feel free to share with your networks broadly.

Dear USC colleagues, we, as chairs of the search advisory committee for the USC Libraries search, write to provide an update regarding the search process.

I am pleased to announce that we have appointed a search advisory committee to identify and recruit the next leader to guide the USC Libraries.

Thank you for your nominations and feedback as we prepare our search for the next leader of the USC Libraries. Thanks to your contributions, we have begun to assemble the USC Libraries Search Advisory Committee.