People, September 1, 2011
Sept. 1, 2011Shanesha 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.
Karen Culp, Director, Tiffin-Seneca Public Library, OH, has retired after 31 years of service. Tim Hagen, Head of Adult Services, has been named Interim Director.
Beth Dominianni is the new Director, Mark Twain Library, Redding, CT. She replaces the retiring Heather Morgan.
Skip Dye is now Vice President, Library, Academic, and Random House Publisher Services. He leads a newly formed division of library and academic sales. He most recently was Vice President, Sales Operations and Services at Random House.
Patricia Froehlich, Youth Services Senior Consultant, Colorado State Library, retired on August 30. She began her tenure with the Colorado State Library ten years ago as Public Library Consultant.
Sandra Long, Director, Scranton Library, Madison, CT, for 41 years, has announced her retirement, effective October 14. A search is under way for her successor.
Meribah Mansfield will receive the 2011 Hall of Fame Librarian Award from the Ohio Library Council. Mansfield, who retired in 2010, was Director of Worthington Libraries (WL), OH, for almost 19 years. During her tenure, WL saw two levy initiatives passed, opened two new libraries, more than doubled annual circulation, and was chosen the 2007 Gale/Library Journal Library of the Year.
Vince Mariner has been appointed Deputy Director, Virtual Library of Virginia. He formerly was Statewide Coordinator of Pennsylvania’s Virtual Reference Service, known as Ask Here PA.
Kelly Miller, Business Librarian, Springfield–Greene County Library District (S-GCLD), MO, has been given the additional role of Manager of the Park Central Branch Library, S-GCLD.
Richard Miller has been appointed Executive Director, Osterhout Free Library, Wilkes-Barre, PA, and will also serve as Administrator, Luzerne County Library in Wilkes-Barre, effective early this month. He was Director of Library Services, McBride Memorial Library, Berwick, PA.
Laura Mischke has been appointed Library Department Chair, St. Luke’s College, Sioux City, IA. She previously was a Teacher and Librarian for Lawton-Bronson Community Schools, IA, and served as Interim Director, South Sioux City Public Library.
Michael Piper has been named Interim Executive Director, Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS), formed July 1 with the consolidation of five systems: Alliance Library System, DuPage Library System, Metropolitan Library System, North Suburban Library System, and Prairie Area Library System. Piper previously was Executive Director, Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority (INCOLSA).
Carlton Sears, Director, Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, OH, announced his upcoming retirement, effective March 30, 2012, after 15 years of service. His next challenge will be working with the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation.
Donald Wathen, Director, Henderson County Public Library, KY, has retired after 33 years in the position. He is succeeded by Assistant Director Pam Vincent.
Kate Wittenberg has been appointed Managing Director of Portico, a division of Ithaka, effective September 1. She takes over from Eileen Fenton, who will remain Executive Vice President of Technology & Content Services. Wittenberg was Project Director, Client and Partnership Development, Ithaka S+R.
