Gerald Beasley
Carl A. Kroch University Librarian
Cornell University
Gerald has written and presented extensively on various topics including the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Previous to Cornell, Beasley had leadership positions as Chief Librarian and Vice-Provost at the University of Alberta, Edmonton (2013-17); University Librarian at Concordia University, Montreal (2008-13); Director, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York City (2004-08); and Chief Librarian, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal (1999-2004). A dual British and Canadian citizen, he has an M.A. (Oxon) in English Language and Literature from Pembroke College, Oxford University, and an M.A. in Library Studies from University College, London. Before emigrating from England to Canada to work at the CCA in 1994, he was a rare books librarian at the British Architectural Library of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1985-91); and the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine Library (1991-94).