Library News, Reviews, and Views
The National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) acquired the papers of Charles F. Whitten, M.D., distinguished professor of pediatrics and associate dean of medicine emeritus at Detroit’s Wayne State University. Whitten passed away in 2008. Charles F. Whitten Whitten served as president of the National Association for Sickle Cell Disease, [...]
Los Angeles City Librarian Martín Gómez will leave the Los Angeles Public Library to accept the position of vice dean of the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries. He will begin at USC on April 2. Martin Gomez Gómez told LJ he’s making the move “because it is a great opportunity for me to do [...]
By Bob Warburton Norma Blake, Library Journal’s 2008 Librarian of the Year and an executive known for creating a host of innovative and forward-looking programs, is retiring after more than a decade as New Jersey State Librarian. On Thursday, Blake told LJ that her last day on the job will be June 30. “It is [...]
It came as a shock to hear that Mary Dempsey had resigned as head of Chicago Public Library (CPL) this week after 18 years as the city’s library commissioner. San Francisco Public Library’s Brian Bannon (an LJ Mover & Shaker) will take over March 1. I shouldn’t have been surprised, though—not only because of the continuing budget woes Dempsey’s had to deal with over the last couple of years but also because we’d talked about her future plans.
Steve Anderson, Director, Maryland State Law Library, has been elected Vice President/President-Elect of the American Association of Law Libraries. Jim Cooper, Executive Director, West Georgia Regional Library System, Carrollton, retired last December after 25 years of service. Roni Tewksbury, Assistant Regional Director, is serving as Interim Director. Janet Davenport has been appointed Director, Keene Memorial [...]
A few photos from a dinner honoring Herrera on Friday, January 20, at the start of the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Dallas, TX.
Mary Frances Cooper is the new President and Director, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP). She has been Deputy Director, CLP since 2008 and previously worked at New York Public Library, Minneapolis Public Library, and Louisville Public Library, KY. Lyn Crouse is the new Director, Elyria Public Library System, OH, effective February 1, replacing the retiring [...]
“We know Luis Herrera will win this award someday because he is a fabulous leader,” wrote Catherine Bremer, the chief steward of the Librarians Guild of the Service Employees International Union, Local 1021, about the city librarian who directs the San Francisco Public Library. That support was echoed by many others, from the very recently reelected mayor of San Francisco, Edwin Lee, to members of the city’s Board of Supervisors, citizens who represent library branches, and the chiefs of other city departments. Such broad consensus made Herrera the clear choice for the 2012 LJ Librarian of the Year, selected by the editors of LJ.
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