Talent into Leadership Vitals CURRENT POSITION Executive Director Fayetteville Free Library, NY DEGREE MLS, Rockefeller College, SUNY at Albany, 1995 RECOGNITION New York Library Association Mary Bobinski Innovative Library Director Award, 2012 FOLLOW @sconsidine Photo by Ron Wurzer/Getty Images for Library Journal Overseeing the Fayetteville Free Library’s (FFL) move from a small structure to a [...]

Ferry Godmother Vitals CURRENT POSITION Adult Services Librarian Bainbridge Island Library, Kitsap Regional Library, WA DEGREE MLIS, University of Washington, Seattle, 2010 FOLLOW www.the-bookaneer.com; krlferrytales.wordpress.com ACTING LIBRARIAN Before becoming a librarian, Barbakoff was a theater lighting designer Photo by Ron Wurzer/Getty Images for Library Journal Whether she’s hosting a book group on a ferry or [...]

Building Support Vitals CURRENT POSITION Manager of Books and Borrowing Denver Public Library DEGREE MLS, University of Denver, 1999 Earliest Memory A visit as a toddler with her mother to DPL’s Bear Valley Library FOLLOW denverlibrary.org; denverlibrary.org/bond-central Jennifer Hoffman simultaneously oversaw the renovation of the Denver Public Library (DPL) Central Library, an architectural landmark (it [...]

Perpetual Motion Vitals CURRENT POSITION Library Director Orangeburg County Library, SC DEGREE MLIS, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1996 LEADERSHIP Literacy 2030 FOLLOW @orangeburglib; www.facebook.com/orangeburglib Photo by Ron Wurzer/Getty Images for Library Journal Orangeburg’s tumultuous past influences life today in this South Carolina town. The site of the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre in which three students from [...]

Digital Harmony Vitals CURRENT POSITION Head of Cataloging and Collections University Of Idaho Library, Moscow DEGREES Ph.D., Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions (in progress), Simmons College, Boston; MSLS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2005; Master of Music in Music Composition, University of Oregon, 2004 HONORS ALA Emerging Leader, 2011 MAN IN CHARGE Idaho [...]

Exhibit Play Vitals CURRENT POSITION Assistant Library Director Rancho Cucamonga Library Services, CA DEGREE MLS, San José State University, CA, 1996 INNOVATION Play and Learn Islands Photo by Sean Guerrero & Robert Karatsu One of the first things Michelle Perera did after she joined Rancho Cucamonga Library in late 2008 as assistant library director was [...]

360 Degrees of Service Vitals CURRENT POSITION Research and Instruction Librarian, STEM Liaison Hunter Library, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC DEGREE MSLS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002 FUN FACTS Avid hockey fan Schmidt also collects obituary euphemisms (“shuffled off this mortal coil” is a favorite), sings classic American folk songs, and is [...]

Fearless Vitals CURRENT POSITION Reference and Technology Librarian Rice-Aron Library, Marlboro College, VT DEGREE MLIS, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 2003 PASSIONS Obsessed with canning and gardening, including growing her own pinto and cranberry beans FOLLOW @amberhlibrarian; cosmo.marlboro.edu/library; www.facebook.com/RiceAronLibrary Photo by Philip Johansson When Marlboro College library decided to use open source software to manage [...]

Your Answers Here Vitals CURRENT POSITION Program Analyst U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, DC DEGREE MSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 FOLLOW @mchronister Tumblr Facebook Photo ©Sean McGinty Photography LLC When Michelle Chronister began working for the federal government as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2009, USA.gov didn’t respond to questions that citizens posted [...]