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1993 – 1997: Cheryl A. Metoyer-DuranDr. Metoyer earned her Ph.D. in Library and Information Science at Indiana University (1976). Dr. Metoyer's research areas include the design and evaluation of information services provided by institutions to American Indians and the information-seeking behavior of culturally diverse groups. After completing her degree, she continued to work with tribes and organizations in planning and developing library services in urban and reservations communities. Over the years, she has had the honor of assisting the Mashantucket Pequot, Cahuilla, Yakima, Navajo, Seneca, Mohawk and the Lakota nations in the development of their libraries, archives and museums. Dr. Metoyer has served on a number of institutional advisory boards, including the Newberry Library D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian, the Southwest Museum, the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the U.S. Department of the Interior. She was elected the American Indian delegate to the 1979 White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services. From 1993 to 1997, she held the Rupert Costo Chair in American Indian History at the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Metoyer has published in major research journals, including College & Research Libraries, Library and Information Science Research, and American Indian Culture and Research Journal. Her book, Gatekeepers in Ethnolinguistic Communities, was honored by the Association of College and Research Libraries. Currently, she serves as the Chief Academic Affairs Officer for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Mashantucket, Connecticut. Her most recent research project, based at the UCLA American Indian Studies Center, is the development of The Thesaurus of American Indian Terminology. Selected Publications
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