CRD Positions
For a one-year term: Chair
For a one-year term: Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
For a two-year term: Professional Development Funds Manager
(elected odd years to begin serving on an even year)
For a two-year term: Secretary
(elected even years to begin serving on an odd year)
PaLA College & Research Division (CRD)
Current Elected Officers
2025 Chair: Alexander Kirby, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
2025 Vice-Chair: Paul McMonigle, Penn State-University Park
2025 Professional Development Funds Manager: Ian O'Hara, Weinberg Memorial Library, University of Scranton
2025 Secretary: Rebecca J. Thompson, King's College
Immediate Past Chair: Kristin E.C. Green, Penn State University Libraries - Scranton
About the College & Research Division
The College and Research Division (CRD) of PaLA provides a focus for the academic libraries in the state.
Each year, the CRD provides a spring workshop on a topic or topics relevant to academic libraries. At the annual PaLA Conference, CRD sponsors sessions in the program that focus on academic libraries and a luncheon with an invited guest speaker.
The CRD receives annual Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant money from the state library. This division then reviews grant applications from across the state for a portion of this LSTA grant money to be used in support of professional development and library programs for academic librarians and libraries. For more information, or to apply for an LSTA Grant.
Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice (PaLRaP)
Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice is peer-reviewed by members of the Pennsylvania library community and is freely available online. Articles may be read online at palrap.org. The journal provides an opportunity for librarians in Pennsylvania to share their knowledge and experience with practicing librarians across the Commonwealth and beyond. Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice is published by the University Library System (ULS), University of Pittsburgh, through its E-Journal Publishing Program.