Megan A. Brooks
Dean of Library Services
Madeleine Clark Wallace Library
Wheaton College
26 E. Main Street, Norton MA 02766
Email: brooks_megan@wheatoncollege.edu
Phone: 508-286-3710
Education
B.A., College of Saint Benedict, Psychology, May 1993
M.L.S., Syracuse University, School of Information Studies, December 1995
Career History
Wheaton College
Dean of Library Services, August 2018-present
Mount Holyoke College
Director of Research & Instructional Support, October 2015-July 2018
Wellesley College
Director, Research Services, April 2011 – September 2015
Director of Research, Instruction, & Computing Support, July 2009 – March 2011
Director of Research & Instruction, June 2007 – June 2009
Manager of Research & Instruction, February 2006 – May 2007
Swarthmore College
Social Sciences Librarian & Library Public Computing Coordinator, June 2000-January 2006
University of Northern Iowa
Reference Librarian & Bibliographer, February 1998-May 2000
Louisiana State University
Social Sciences & Electronic Reference Services Librarian, January 1996-January 1998
College & Professional Service
Wheaton College
- AAC&U/Davis Educational Foundation Institute on Open Educational Resources team co-chair, 2021-present
- Diversity, Equity, & Access Leadership (DEAL) Strategic Planning and Assessment Committee, 2020-present
- Curriculum Committee, 2020-present
- Library, Technology, and Learning Committee, 2018-present
- Women’s & Gender Studies Advisory Board, 2018-2019
HELIN Library Consortium
- Chair, 2020-present
- Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, 2019-2020
- Board of Directors, 2018-present
Women’s Studies Section (now Women’s and Gender Studies Section), Association of College & Research Libraries
- 2006-2007: Chair, Awards Committee
- 2005-2006: Chair
- 2004-2005: Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
- 2000-2004: Web Editor
- 1998-2001: Co-editor of Corelists in Women’s Studies (Archive.org)
Selected Other Service
- Mount Holyoke College: Mary Lyon Leadership Award and Trailblazer Award Award Selection Committee, 2017-2018
- Wellesley College: Ruhlman Conference Program Committee, 2015
- Social Science Librarians Boot Camp Program Planning Committee, 2015
Awards & Honors
- Graduate Leadership Award, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, 1996
- Beta Phi Mu, Pi Lambda Sigma chapter, 1996
- Graduate Assistantship and Full Scholarship, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, 1994-1995
Last updated: 02/23/2023
