Mary Boone, State Librarian of North Carolina since 2005, has announced her retirement effective January 1, 2012. She previously was Foreign Service Library and Information Resource Officer, U.S. Department of State. Donna Bourne-Tyson is the More...
Barbara Clubb, City Librarian and CEO, Ottawa Public Library, Ont., has announced her retirement at the end of 2011 after 40 years of service to libraries. She served as 2005?06 President, Canadian Library Association (CLA), More...
Toni Buckner, Director, Sierra Madre Public Library (SMPL), CA, has retired after a 34-year career. Director since 1985, she earned a John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award from the American Library Association in 1987 More...
Jim Buchman, Associate State Librarian, State Library of Ohio, has retired after 30 years with the agency. He began his career as a Typist/Library Assistant and, among other accomplishments, led the Ohio Talking Book Service More...
Vicki Builta has been hired as Manager of Library Services, Daleville Community Library, IN, after serving 33 years as School Librarian, Anderson Community Schools, IN. Femi Cadmus is the new Edward Cornell Law Librarian & More...
Shanesha Brooks-Tatum has been hired as Project Coordinator and Writer for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance. She will conduct research in support of the HBCU Library Alliance?s Preserving Our History project. More...
Karlen Chase has been appointed Digital Services and Circuit Librarian, Western New York Library Resources Council (WNYLRC), Buffalo. She previously was part-time Circuit Librarian for WNYLRC?s Hospital Library Services Program. Terry Ehling is now Associate More...
Laura Bramble, CEO, Indianapolis?Marion County Public Library, for the past four years, preceded by a year as Interim CEO, has announced her retirement. She has been with the library system for 19 years. A national More...
Linda Allen has retired from her position as Director, Pasco County Library System, Hudson, FL, after 23 years of service to the library. She became director in 2002. Anita Carroll is the new Director, Middletown More...
Mary Alice Baish has been named Assistant Public Printer, Superintendent of Documents, for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). Baish will oversee GPO?s Library Services & Content Management unit, Publication & Information Sales unit, and More...
The Spanish Speaking Library Assistant at Long Island?s Patchogue-Medford Library, NY, Ramos goes way beyond her job description to empower immigrants in their new country.
Her work has reinforced reading via libraries as essential and empowering for all people.
Just over two years into her role as Global Libraries director for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Jacobs reflects on the global library landscape.
An innovator who inspires in an engaged, synchronous online environment.
No personal loss is greater than the death of a close, trusted friend, upon whom you depend for all that friends do for each other. The passing of Norman Horrocks is both a terrible personal More...
Greg Heid, veteran librarian with more than 30 years experience, gets post.
HILDRETH MAY HEAD IMLS The White House has announced that President Obama intends to nominate Susan Hildreth, the city librarian for the Seattle Public Library since 2009, as director of the Institute of Museum and Library More...
Born in England in 1927, Horrocks was honored in four countries for his contributions to the field.
Christopher J. Korenowsky, veteran librarian, takes helm in Elm City.
Migell Acosta is now Interim Assistant Director for Information Systems, County of Los Angeles Public Library. He will also be the library's CIO. He was Head of Integrated Library Services. Mary Etta Clemons has More...
New global position to focus on engagement with library profession.
Pat Auflick is the new Director of the Goodstein Library at Casper College, WY. She was a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Arizona, Tucson. James K. Bracken is the new Dean of University More...
Karl Aromaa has retired as Director of the Rumford Public Library, ME, after holding the job for almost three decades. Luke E. Sorensen is the new Director. Terry Birdwhistell has been named Dean of More...
Titles nominated by 163 public library systems representing 123 international citiesTwo first novels includedMarilynne Robinson's Home was an LJ Best Book 2008Winner announced June 17Emer Costello, Lord Mayor of Dublin, April 12 announced the eight More...
2009 and 2010 winners and runners-upAward contains funding to attend PLAInspiration for continued excellenceFor many small libraries across the country, the annual Best Small Library in America Award, sponsored by Library Journal and the Bill More...
Also see Movers on the Map for a look at the geographic distribution of Movers & Shakers from 2002?2010. Debbie Abilock, 2002 Stephen Abram, 2002 Stacey Aldrich, 2003 Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, 2010 Valerie Allen, 2005 More...
Alabama Janice R. Franklin, 2004Jill Grogg, 2007 Teresa Kiser, 2010 Alaska Daniel Cornwall, 2008 David Ongley, 2006Arizona Anita Coleman, 2007 Bob Diaz, 2002 Jennifer Duvernay, 2005 Ann Dutton Ewbank, 2009 Sol Gómez, 2008 Jesse Haro, More...
