Chair
College of Staten Island, City University of New York
Mark Aaron Polger is an academic librarian and information literacy instructor who has been working in libraries since 1992. They received their MLIS degree in 2000 from the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario, Canada) and has worked as a librarian in public, hospital, and academic libraries. Currently, they are the Coordinator of Library Outreach at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York (CUNY). Polger’s research interests include library marketing, outreach, and UX (user experience) design.
Since 2014, they have been co-chairing the Annual PR Xchange Awards Competition, part of the Core division of the American Library Association.
Mark is the author of three books; Library Signage and Wayfinding Design: Communicating Effectively with your Users (2021), Library Marketing Basics (2019), and Engaging Diverse Learners: Teaching Strategies for Academic Librarians (co-authored with Scott Sheidlower)(2017).
Originally from Montreal, Canada, they hold a BA honours degree in Sociology from Concordia University, an MLIS from the University of Western Ontario, an MA in Sociology from University of Waterloo, and a B.Ed. in Adult Education from Brock University. Currently, they are a PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY).
Sunday, June 30, 2024
11:00am – 1:00pm Pacific