Bio

Bella Karr Gerlich, Ph.D. is Professor and Dean of Libraries at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a Land, Sea and Space Grant Institution.  Dr. Gerlich has a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, a MPM from Carnegie Mellon University and a PhD LIS from the University of Pittsburgh, where she taught management courses for the MLS program.  Prior to her current post, she held appointments as University Librarian at Dominican University, Associate University Librarian at Georgia College & State University and Head, Arts & Special Collections at Carnegie Mellon University. Active in professional organizations, Dr. Gerlich was most recently appointed to the ALA Council of Research and Statistics and elected Member-at-Large to the Library Research Roundtable and LLAMA Human Resources Section.

Dr. Gerlich’s research interests include assessment, organizational behavior and valuation of services; she has authored or co-authored a number of peer-reviewed publications. Bella enjoys the opportunity to guest lecture and teach, and to present her research and talk about the READ Scale in numerous venues from the local to the global. Dr. Gerlich welcomes invitations at bkgerlich@alaska.edu for speaking or training related to the READ or LEAD Scales.

Contact

Bella Karr Gerlich, PhD
Dean of Libraries
Elmer E. Rasmuson Library
University of Alaska Fairbanks
310 Tanana Dr., Rm. 433
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800
907 474-7224 office
907 474-6841 fax
708 714-2867 cell
library.uaf.edu