Mission Statement
New Jersey Academic Librarians (NJAL) advances the role of librarians in higher education, advocates
for our profession, and supports the evolving needs of the diverse communities we serve.
NJAL is the Academic Libraries section of the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) and
the NJ Chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL-NJ).
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Executive Board
Maria Deptula
President Health Sciences
Collections Librarian, Rutgers University
George F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences
30 12th Ave. Newark, NJ 07101
973-972-4360
maria.deptula@rutgers.edu
Megan Dempsey
Vice-President / President-Elect
Instructional Services Librarian
Evelyn S. Field Library, Raritan Valley Community College
118 Lamington Road, North Branch, NJ 07786
908-526-1200 ext. 8412
megan.dempsey@raritanval.edu
Gary Marks
Past President
David & Lorraine Cheng Library
William Paterson University
300 Pompton Road Wayne, NJ 07470
973-720-3186
marksg@wpunj.edu
Kate Hossain
Secretary
Bergen Community College
Sidney Silverman Library
400 Paramus Road Paramus, NJ 07652
201-493-4083
khossain@bergen.edu
Nicole Potdevin
Member-at-Large, 2024-2026
Associate University Librarian and Director of Public Services
Fairleigh Dickinson University
285 Madison Avenue Madison, NJ 07940
973-443-8627
nicole_potdevin@fdu.edu