Princeton Librarian Anne Jarvis to Retire After 10 Years

University librarian Anne Jarvis will retire in the summer after 10 years at Princeton that included the completion of Firestone Library’s renovation and several other capital improvements to the branch libraries on campus.

Her departure follows two celebratory openings in the past few months, at the Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology in the new Princeton University Art Museum and the Commons Library in the ES and SEAS complex on Ivy Lane.

Jarvis served “at a pivotal time when digital technologies are changing how students and faculty read, study, and perform research,” President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said in a statement. Jarvis expanded access to physical and digital resources and oversaw new programs and partnerships, the announcement said.

“I believe that Princeton University Library’s continued success will happen because it can and will build on great professional traditions,” Jarvis said in the announcement. “It has the flexibility to adapt to a world that will continually surprise us and the humility to work with others who complement library staff’s expertise.”

Before her decade at Princeton, Jarvis served as university librarian at the University of Cambridge. She plans to return to her native Ireland in her retirement, the announcement said.

Dean of the College Michael Gordin will lead the search for Jarvis’ successor.