Kellogg Faculty Fellow Erika Hosselkus will serve as associate university librarian for the Scholarly Resources and Services division, effective August 1. A member of the Hesburgh Libraries faculty, she currently serves as strategic planning implementation project manager and special collections curator for Latin American, Iberian and Latino/a Collections. She is also a fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.
Hosselkus has spent more than 12 years working in the academic core of higher education. Prior to joining Notre Dame, Hosselkus served as an associate professor of history with tenure and coordinator of Graduate Studies and Latin American Studies at Southeast Missouri State University. She joined Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries in 2016 as a Rare Books and Special Collections curator, developing a world-class Latin American collection for this fast-growing area of study.
Since that time she has taken on expanded roles in the Libraries and created partnerships in teaching and learning across campus. Her current research interests include the development of print culture in colonial Latin America and nineteenth- and twentieth-century histories of collecting and exhibiting. Her most recent publication explores the origins and movements of components of the Hesburgh Libraries’ impressive José Durand Peruvian History Collection.
"Through several strategic framework assignments since January 2021, including her current role as strategic planning implementation project manager, Erika has been one of our most important leaders in helping us transition into the great research library organization we aspire to be," said K. Matthew Dames, the Edward H. Arnold Dean, Hesburgh Libraries and University of Notre Dame Press. "Further, Erika's gifts as a special collections curator, her research connections to the academy through fellow positions at the Kellogg and Nanovic Institutes, and her demonstrated commitment to our mission impressed me and the many with whom she interviewed during the process. I am very pleased that Erika will be working with the Hesburgh Libraries and the University of Notre Dame in this new role."
As chief of the Scholarly Resources and Services division, Hosselkus will lead the Hesburgh Libraries’ largest division of faculty and staff. Her portfolio includes research collections, special collections and archives, public and user services, and preservation. Some of her priorities will be expanding innovative partnerships and services in support of Notre Dame’s commitment to providing an elite undergraduate education, its growing emphasis on rigorous graduate education and democratizing access to research and special collections.
As the strategic planning implementation project manager, Hosselkus has played a critical role in advancing the Hesburgh Libraries’ new mission, vision and strategic framework. Her approach to creating and managing processes, leading teams and communicating outcomes is built on the principles of transparency, sustainability, and inclusivity.
“I am delighted and genuinely honored to have the opportunity to engage with students, faculty, campus partners, and my talented and dedicated Hesburgh Libraries colleagues in this new role,” said Hosselkus. “The expertise, collections and services at the heart of the Scholarly Resources and Services division contribute fundamentally to the mission of the University, and I look forward to expanding and enhancing them in support of Notre Dame’s strategic priorities.”
Hosselkus collaborates with Notre Dame faculty to connect students with rare books and manuscripts and teaches courses on Spanish paleography and the history of collecting. She has also curated several major physical and digital exhibitions of Latin American and early modern European materials, making Hesburgh Libraries’ distinctive collections accessible to campus and a global research community. She served on the University Committee on Women Faculty and Students and, most recently, was a member of the Hesburgh Libraries Strategic Planning Liaison Team which developed the library’s new strategic framework.
Hosselkus holds a Ph.D. in history and an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Tulane University as well as undergraduate degrees in history and Spanish from the University of Nevada, Reno.
This story originally appeared at library.nd.edu.
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