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April 13, 2021 Lance Heidig, an outreach and instruction librarian at the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (RMC), whose passion for discovering and sharing knowledge inspired generations of Cornellians, died April 6 at his home in Ithaca. He was 64. Heidig’s four decades at Cornell spanned several reference and teaching roles in Uris Library, Olin Library and at RMC; and he was admired by the university community as a welcoming, widely knowledgeable and energetic figure. Ja...

April 1, 2021 Gerald R. Beasley, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, has announced he will not seek to renew his five-year term when it ends July 31, 2022. Beasley is Cornell’s 12th university librarian. He began his term Aug. 1, 2017 after serving for four years as vice provost and chief librarian at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Carla DeMello/Provided Gerald R. Beasley, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian. “Working here as university librarian with such gre...