Rae Thudium has been selected to serve as the head of veterinary libraries at Penn Vet, effective January 8, 2025. In this role, Ms. Thudium will oversee the operations and staff at the Steven W. Atwood Veterinary Medicine Library on Penn’s main campus and at the Jean Austin du Pont Veterinary Medicine Library at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

Before her appointment at Penn Vet, Ms. Thudium served as the head of the Zalk Veterinary Medical Library at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. During her tenure, Ms. Thudium spearheaded initiatives to support veterinary students, including establishing writing support programs for developing CVs and letters of intent and securing renovations to enhance facility study spaces.

Ms. Thudium also served as interim executive assistant to the dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri and as a public services library associate at the Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia.

“Rae impressed us with her thoughtful approach and deep commitment to enhancing library services for veterinary students and faculty,” said Penn’s assistant director of STEM libraries and engineering librarian Douglas G. McGee. “We are excited to welcome her leadership and vision to the Penn Libraries team.”

Ms. Thudium holds a master of library and information science from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a bachelor of arts in English literature and philosophy from Columbia College.