GPO Appoints NCSA Steering Committee Members

  • Last Updated: March 25, 2024
  • Published: March 25, 2024

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is pleased to announce the appointment of 32 Government information professionals to roles on National Collection Service Area (NCSA) Steering Committees. Many more volunteered to serve and will be considered as there are vacancies on the committees to ensure broad participation.

NCSA Steering Committees facilitate discussion and collaboration among the Federal depository libraries in the NCSA. The committees will develop planning documents for the collaborative management of depository collections and work with GPO to develop and refine guidance and procedures for the digital-first FDLP. More information is available in the committee charters.

Steering Committees have seven members, including a representative from the Depository Library Council (DLC). Additionally, there is an alternate and Federal Depository Support Services librarians who will be at meetings. The first appointments to Steering Committees are shown below. 

MIDWEST NCSA 

INSTITUTION 

TERM (years) 

Brent Abercrombie 

Indiana State Library 

Marie Concannon 

University of Missouri 

Sheri Huppert 

Minnesota State Law Library 

Payge Rustad 

La Crosse Public Library 

Sanga Sung 

University of Illinois 

Ellen Wrede 

University of Iowa 

Angela Bonnell 

Illinois State University 

DLC* 

Anne Zald  

Northwestern University 

Alternate 

NORTHEAST NCSA 

INSTITUTION 

TERM (years) 

Jake Eschler 

Vassar College 

Gregory Curtis 

University of Maine 

Nicholas Wolkowicz 

Massachusetts Trial Court  

Charlotte Schneider 

Rutgers Law School Library 

Kris Abery 

Connecticut State Library 

Andrea Craley 

Harford Community College 

Joshua Fennell 

Colgate University 

DLC* 

Liza Duncan  

New York State Library 

Alternate 

SOUTH NCSA 

INSTITUTION 

TERM (years) 

Angela Bardeen 

University of North Carolina  

Doris Johnson Felder 

South Carolina State University 

Richard Mikulski 

William & Mary University 

Perveen Rustomfram 

University of Memphis 

Colleen Williams 

University of Arkansas School of Law 

Anna Xiong 

Rice University 

Amy Laub 

University of Kentucky 

DLC* 

Dominique Hallett  

Arkansas State University, Jonesboro  

Alternate 

WEST NCSA 

INSTITUTION 

TERM (years) 

Daniel Cornwall 

Alaska State Library 

Cass Hartnett 

University of Washington 

Jen Kirk 

Utah State University 

Gabriella Ozurovich 

Los Angeles County Law Library 

Karen Pfiffner 

Colorado School of Mines 

Arlene Weible 

State Library of Oregon 

Kelly Smith 

University of California, San Diego 

DLC* 

James Jacobs 

Stanford University 

Alternate 

       

*Depository Library Council

GPO looks forward to working with the Steering Committees on this new endeavor to collaboratively provide access to a preserved National Collection of U.S. Government Public Information for an America Informed.