Heather McMullen joined HKS in 2007.

Heather McMullen is the new director of Library and Knowledge Services at the Kennedy School of Government (HKS), replacing Ellen Isenstein, who retired on January 31 (see “Interview: Ellen Isenstein”). Don Oppenheimer, associate dean and chief information officer of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, made the announcement to the library community on February 17.

“In her short, 16-month tenure here at HKS,” Oppenheimer stated, “Heather’s contributions have been invaluable to the HKS library as well as to a number of University-wide library initiatives. We look forward to Heather’s ongoing role and leadership both in strengthening our current library services and in developing new services to satisfy the School’s constantly changing needs for accessing information and knowledge.“

McMullen joined HKS as head of access and research services in October 2007 after 11 years of experience in academic and government libraries, including positions at MIT. She earned a BA in economics from Canada’s University of Waterloo and an MLIS from the University of Western Ontario.