Appointments & Retirements
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June 28 Andrea Williams retired as collection management librarian at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library in Charlottesville, Virginia after 36 years of service.
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July 1 Norman Maas retired as library director of the Norfolk (Va.) Public Library.
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August 31 Julie V. Hunter, associate director of the Broward County (Fla.) Public Libraries Division, retired after 47 years as a librarian.
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July 1 Beth Bernhardt became assistant dean for collection management and scholarly communications for the university libraries at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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June 17 Kelle Ruden became director of community relations at Westport (Conn.) Public Library.
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June 18 Corey Freidrich became director of the Chippewa River District Library System in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
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April 22 Jen Pace became children’s services coordinator at Polk County (N.C.) Public Library.
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May 13 Maurie J. “Mitch” Freedman became interim director of the New City (N.Y.) Library.
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May 16 Douglas Crane became branch public service coordinator for the Palm Beach County (Fla.) Library System.
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In August Sarah Thomas became vice president of Harvard University Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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June 1 Debra Hanken Kurtz became director of the Texas Digital Library, a consortium of academic libraries in Texas that provides shared services in support of research and learning.
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June 30 Jo Pinder retired as assistant director of support services at Baltimore (Md.) County Public Library. Pinder also served as the president of both the Public Library Association and the Maryland Library Association.