Dear AAAL membership:

I am delighted to announce that Andrea Johnston of Red Deer Polytechnic has been acclaimed AAAL Chair Elect: Andrea’s term officially began on September 27 at our Executive meeting. A few words of introduction to Andrea follow.

Andrea Johnston is a subject librarian at Red Deer Polytechnic overseeing the Nursing, Pre-Health Sciences, and the Visual Arts programs at RDP. Previously, Andrea was the Librarian at Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary and started her new adventure in Red Deer this past August. Andrea oversees the collection in her subject areas, facilitates information literacy sessions, participates in developing and reviewing the curriculum, and will also be working on RDP’s OER initiatives, as well as video creation. While she is relatively new to academia, Andrea has worked as a professional librarian since 2016 and also worked as a Reference Assistant at both the University of Alberta and MacEwan University during her time as a library student. Her research interests include ghost stories and folklore, gamification and effective teaching strategies, and the role of GenAI in academia. Andrea is eager to contribute to her community of peers and looks forward to potentially serving on the AAAL Executive Committee.

We are most fortunate to have a librarian of Andrea’s calibre on the AAAL Executive. Please join me in welcoming Andrea to our Association!