Ewa Barczyk

Ewa E. Barczyk, emerita, Associate Provost and Director of Libraries, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She received her M.A. in Slavic Studies from the University of Kansas and her M.L.I.S. from Southern Connecticut State University. She retired in 2016 from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee where she had been the Associate Provost and Director of Libraries. One of her focuses was engagement in many international initiatives with libraries in Poland, Taiwan and Africa. She published numerous articles in library publications and recently authored a chapter in The Globalized Library (2019). She is very active in Polish organizations to promote Polish heritage. She is currently President of the Polish American Librarians Association which provides resources and opportunities for librarians to promote Polish materials, culture, history. She is past president and continues to serve on the board of Polanki, the Polish Women’s Cultural Club of Milwaukee organizing Polish displays and cultural events throughout the community. She was the recipient of PAHA’s Skalny Civic Achievement Award in 2011 and currently is the editor of PAHA’s new project to document Polish historic sites in North America in a book titled Footprints of Polonia. Polish historical sites across North America.