TRAIL’s original Chair, Maliaca Oxnam of the University of Arizona, has transitioned into the role of Past Chair. As TRAIL Bylaws stipulate, the position of TRAIL Chair has rotated to its next elected member, Mel DeSart, who is Head of the Engineering Library at the University of Washington.

During Oxnam’s term as Chair, TRAIL has digitized more than 40,000 historic federal technical reports and made them discoverable and accessible to the public.

TRAIL continues its important work with support from its members, and actively seeks and welcomes new member institutions.