{"id":32975,"date":"2026-06-02T14:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/?p=32975"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:21:58","slug":"amber-butler-renewed-as-carletons-university-librarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/2026\/amber-butler-renewed-as-carletons-university-librarian\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Butler Renewed as Carleton\u2019s University Librarian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Amber Butler Renewed as Carleton\u2019s University Librarian \n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Carleton University Provost and Vice-President (Academic) L. Pauline Rankin has announced that Amber Butler\u2019s appointment as University Librarian has been renewed for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2027, following a 12-month administrative leave beginning July 1, 2026. As recently announced, Edward Bilodeau will serve as Interim University Librarian<\/a> during Amber\u2019s administrative leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmber\u2019s leadership in managing a complex portfolio, supporting large teams and guiding organizational change has been critical in enhancing library services and the user experience,\u201d said Provost Rankin, who chaired the renewal advisory committee. \u201cThank you to the members of the renewal advisory committee for their dedication to this process and please join me in congratulating Amber on this well-deserved reappointment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her first term as University Librarian, Amber was instrumental in overseeing the library during the pandemic, guiding organizational change, and leading several renovations and service enhancements to support student success, wellbeing, and belonging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to her initial appointment as University Librarian in 2020, Amber served as the Associate University Librarian (Academic Services) where she was responsible for a significant portfolio that included the Research Support Services, Access Services, and Archives and Research Collections departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butler has a wide breadth of experience with managing large teams in an academic library setting. Prior to joining Carleton, she held various leadership roles at McGill University\u2019s library. She served as the Head of Operations, and later as the Head Librarian, in the Humanities and Social Sciences branch before taking on the Acting Associate Dean of User Services role where she oversaw nine branches and led program development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butler holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Mary\u2019s University, a Master of Library and Information Studies degree from Dalhousie University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of British Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my second term, my goal is to further strengthen the Carleton library\u2019s role as a trusted steward of knowledge and a catalyst for learning,\u201d said Butler. \u201cTo me, this means fostering environments where curiosity thrives, evidence informs decision-making, diverse voices are amplified, and our community is equipped to navigate an increasingly complex world with confidence, critical insight, and purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carleton University Provost and Vice-President (Academic) L. Pauline Rankin has announced that Amber Butler\u2019s appointment as University Librarian has been renewed for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2027, following a 12-month administrative leave beginning July 1, 2026. As recently announced, Edward Bilodeau will serve as Interim University Librarian during Amber\u2019s administrative leave. \u201cAmber\u2019s leadership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":31851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32975","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=32975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32976,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32975\/revisions\/32976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}