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, 2021-2023
- Diversity, Equity, & Access Leadership (DEAL) Strategic Planning and Assessment Committee, 2020-2023
- Curriculum Assessment Committee, 2020-present
- Library, Technology, & Learning Committee, 2018-present
- Information Oversight Committee, 2018-present
- Women’s & Gender Studies Advisory Board, 2018-2019
HELIN Library Consortium
- Board of Directors, 2018-present
- Chair, 2020-2022
- Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, 2019-2020
Oberlin Group of Libraries
- Board of Directors, 2023-present
- Treasurer, 2023-present
- Nominations Committee, 2021
- Strengthen Our Community Working Group, 2019-2023
- Membership Committee, 2019-2021
Other Service
- Massachusetts Library System: Executive Board, 2024-present
- College Library Director Mentoring Program: Board of Directors 2021-present; Treasurer 2022-present
- Mount Holyoke College: Mary Lyon Leadership Award & Trailblazer Award Award Selection Committee, 2017-2018
- Wellesley College: Ruhlman Conference Program Committee, 2015
- Social Science Librarians Boot Camp: Program Planning Committee, 2015
- ACRL Women’s Studies Section: Chair 2005-2006, Vice-Chair 2004-2005
Awards & Honors
- Graduate Leadership Award, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, 1996
- Beta Phi Mu, Pi Lambda Sigma chapter, inducted 1996
- Graduate Assistantship and Full Scholarship, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, 1994-1995
Last updated: 05/17/2024
