Roger Weaver, librarian at S&T, has been named interim library dean. His appointment began Oct. 20. A national search for a permanent library dean will begin soon.
Weaver takes over the position from Dr. Oliver Chen, who recently joined the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Weaver joined the Curtis Laws Wilson Library staff in 2009 as the institutional repository and digital collections librarian. He was promoted to scholarly communications library in 2016 and became the director of library operations and scholarly communications at S&T in 2019. Weaver also led the library in an interim role in 2019.
Weaver holds a bachelor’s degree in applied organizational management from Tusculum University in Greeneville, Tennessee, and a master’s degree in information science from the University of Tennessee.