{"id":32936,"date":"2026-04-28T13:20:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/?p=32936"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:20:40","slug":"edward-bilodeau-appointed-interim-university-librarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/2026\/edward-bilodeau-appointed-interim-university-librarian\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Bilodeau Appointed Interim University Librarian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Edward Bilodeau Appointed Interim University Librarian\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>I am pleased to share that Edward Bilodeau has agreed to serve as interim university librarian for a 12\u2011month term beginning July 1, 2026, at which time University Librarian Amber Butler will begin an accrued 12-month administrative leave. The <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdepartmentofuniversitycommunicationsduc.cmail19.com%2Ft%2Ft-l-wdrhudt-tdkyhuujdk-r%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Clindahartwell%40cunet.carleton.ca%7Ce39a9ad380a348c1e91408dea5492c98%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639129930866451834%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=AFze8qzR5QxijHnvFbm1de%2FmPvG17R%2FcFjA%2FPvxyH6A%3D&amp;reserved=0\">University Librarian renewal process<\/a> is ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Edward joined Carleton in 2018, he has made significant contributions in leadership roles in the Library and currently serves as associate university librarian (collection services). Prior to joining Carleton, Edward held administrative roles at McGill University\u2019s Library, where he contributed to campus\u2011wide projects in digital scholarship and library technology modernization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join me in welcoming Edward to this role and recognizing Amber\u2019s leadership as she begins her administrative leave. Sincerely,<br><br><strong>L. Pauline Rankin<\/strong><br>Provost and Vice-President (Academic)<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased to share that Edward Bilodeau has agreed to serve as interim university librarian for a 12\u2011month term beginning July 1, 2026, at which time University Librarian Amber Butler will begin an accrued 12-month administrative leave. The University Librarian renewal process is ongoing. Since Edward joined Carleton in 2018, he has made significant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":32257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32937,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32936\/revisions\/32937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}