CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Cleveland Museum of Art has appointed Heather Saunders as director of the Ingalls Library, the third-largest art research library in the United States.

Her hiring follows an international search. She will assume her responsibilities in May.

"Heather's experience working closely with the Executive Director of the Harris Learning Library for Nipissing University managing public services and myriad aspects of technical services ... position her well to lead the Ingalls Library into the next phase of innovation and public engagement," said director William M. Griswold.  

Since 2012, Saunders has had several positions at the Harris Learning Library of Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, initially as manager of Reference and Information Services, and later also serving as manager of Digital Resources and Information Services. Previously, she was an art librarian at the Purchase College Library, State University of New York, where she was also a tenure-track faculty member. She was also instructor in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Nipissing University, teaching courses on modern art.

She holds an master's degree in Library and Information Studies, an M.A. in the history of art and a bachelor's degree in art and art history from the University of Toronto.

Saunders has also had experience working in museums: She served as an administrative coordinator at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario; and immediately following graduate school, she was the recipient of the TD Bank Financial Group Internship Award at the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives.

She has published articles in C Magazine and Magenta Magazine, and edited the exhibition catalog "A Vital Force: The Canadian Group of Painters" (Kingston and Oshawa: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 2013).

"I am delighted to be joining a stellar team at the Library and at the CMA," said Saunders in a statement. "The museum's outreach to visitors through technology is outstanding and I am particularly excited about the manner in which the library has been embedded in that experience."

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