Professor Robert Burgin has been named Associate Dean of North Carolina Central University's School of Library and Information Sciences.

Dr. Burgin has been a member of the faculty of the School of Library and Information Science at North Carolina Central University since 1984, where he has taught courses in both the Masters of Library Science and Masters of Information Science programs. Dr. Burgin also has nine years of experience in public library administration and served for two years as the Assistant State Librarian for Information Technology with the State Library of North Carolina.

Dr. Burgin received his B.A. from Duke University and his M.S. in L.S. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. He has published over fifty articles on information retrieval, library automation, and library management.

Dr. Burgin is currently President of the North Carolina Library Association.