Early Learning Leader Vitals CURRENT POSITION Early Learning Supervising Librarian Pierce County Library System, Tacoma DEGREE MLIS, University of Washington, Seattle, 1998 GRANT Ready for Reading Photo by RON WURZER/GETTY IMAGES FOR LIBRARY JOURNAL In the mid-1990s, Tacoma newcomer Susan Anderson-Newham spent a lot of time in Pierce County libraries. An actor and writer who [...]

Openly Open Access Vitals CURRENT POSITION Special Projects Librarian University Of Michigan Library, Ann ARBOR DEGREE MSI, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2010 FOLLOW, VISIT, LEARN @epuckett; open.umich.edu/blog; emilypuckettrodgers.wordpress.com; Badg.us Photo by RON WURZER/GETTY IMAGES FOR LIBRARY JOURNAL Open.Michigan is a University of Michigan (UM) initiative that enables faculty, students, and others to find, use, [...]

Behind the Broadcasts Vitals CURRENT POSITION Program Manager National Public Radio, Washington, DC DEGREE MLIS, University of Texas at Austin, 2002 Yoga Devotee Inversion of choice: headstand FOLLOW @nprlibrary; @hsommers Photo by Kainaz Amaria/NPR Just like the news gatherers they support, National Public Radio (NPR) librarians are ready to pivot on short notice. Hannah Sommers, [...]

Laboratory for Success Vitals CURRENT POSITION Supervisor of Adult Computer Labs Skokie Public Library, IL DEGREE MLIS, Dominican University, River Forest, IL, 2008 SUCCESS STORY SPL’s Digital Media Lab FOLLOW @mickjacobsen; tametheweb.com/category/ttw-contributor-mick-jacobsen Mikael Jacobsen does far more than help people make stuff at the Skokie Public Library’s Digital Media Lab (DML). According to nominator Toby [...]

Large Need, Small Design Vitals Todd Bol CURRENT POSITION Cofounder and Executive Director, Little Free Library Ltd.; Founder and CEO, Care Forth, Inc. Little Free Library, Ltd., Hudson, WI DEGREE BS, University of Wisconsin–River Falls, 1979 Rick Brooks CURRENT POSITION Cofounder, Little Free Library Ltd.; Outreach Program Manager in Continuing Studies, University of Wisconsin-MadisonLittle Free [...]

Hitting the High Notes Vitals CURRENT POSITION Reference Librarian, Freeport Memorial Library; Librarian, Metropolitan Opera Library; Music Librarian, Opera Orchestra of New York Freeport Memorial Library, NY, And Metropolitan Opera Library DEGREE MLS, Queens College, CUNY, 2010 DEVOTED DIVA Watch “Depuis le jour rehearsal” on YouTube Photos by Vanessa Nastro, Freeport Memorial Library, Reference and [...]

Maker Space Maker Vitals CURRENT POSITION Transliteracy Development Director Fayetteville Free Library, NY DEGREE MLIS; Certificate of Advanced Study, Cultural Heritage Preservation, Syracuse University, NY, 2011 FOLLOW @LMBritton; adlib2.com; www.fflib.org/about-us/services/fablab Photo by Parker Stone II Lauren Britton is “transforming the role of public libraries and inspiring a generation of librarians,” says nominator Joe Murphy. She’s [...]

Taxonomy Translator Vitals CURRENT POSITION Enterprise Information Architect Ford Foundation, New York DEGREE MLIS, Pratt Institute, New York, 2008 FOLLOW @daliawithnoh Photo by Hallie Easley Enterprise information architect Dalia R. Levine’s ability to zero in on core issues to find solutions helps her coworkers at the Ford Foundation retrieve the information they need and lets [...]