Jo Anne Mondowney, the executive director of the Detroit Public Library, has been reinstated to her position, according to The Detroit News. Her existing contract expired today, and the new deal will involve a month-to-month contract until a longer-term deal can be arranged. Mondowney’s lawyer, Hideaki Sano, told The Detroit News that Mondowney is interested in returning to the position.
In May, three members of the library’s seven-member board had placed Mondowney on paid administrative leave, arguing that she had mismanaged the system. The full board was supposed to vote on the move, but only three were present, raising questions about whether the committee had a quorum, or whether commission rules allowed only three present members to vote and decide on the action.
The other four members of the board made today’s vote, arguing that they felt “the suspension was without merit,” Russ Bellant, the board’s vice president, told The Detroit News. “We felt the stability of the library … was paramount.”
Jonathan Kinloch, the board’s president who backed the suspension, was not present during today’s vote, the story notes.
Lead the Change is a library leadership seminar that brings together library thought leaders to show participants how today's top libraries are leading change and transforming their communities. Attendees are lead through a series of exercises to help bridge 
key thoughts to individual leadership objectives to help them harness their ideas, their innovation and their ability to lead.
About Matt Enis
Comment Policy:
We are not able to monitor every comment that comes through (though some comments with links to multiple URLs are held for spam-check moderation by the system). If you see something objectionable, please let us know. Once a comment has been flagged, a staff member will investigate.
We accept clean XHTML in comments, but don't overdo it and please limit the number of links submitted in your comment. For more info, see the full Terms of Use.