In addition to his new role as associate dean of library and information resources for Harvard Law School, John G. Palfrey will remain a faculty director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

“It is because of Stuart Shieber’s tenacity and hard work that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard became the first academic organization in the country to adopt an open-access policy,” said Michael D. Smith, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

This June, Heather Cole will retire after 38 years in the Harvard College Library.