People
Appointments & Retirements
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Bleisch, Elaine
Elaine Bleisch joined Lied Scottsbluff (Nebr.) Public Library as teen librarian and children’s assistant in November.
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Cain, Jonathan
In January Jonathan O. Cain became associate university librarian for research and learning at Columbia University Libraries in New York City.
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DeCicco-Carey, Kyle
Kyle DeCicco-Carey joined Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, as director October 19.
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Dorr, Jessica
Jessica Dorr became director of Boise (Idaho) Public Library November 30.
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Ensley, Eric
J. Eric Ensley was appointed curator of rare books and maps at University of Iowa Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives in December.
March 1, 2021
At ALA
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Jarnagin, Briana
Briana Jarnagin left the Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services November 6.
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Hix, Genevieve
Assistant Director for Major Gifts Genevieve Hix left ALA October 9.
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Plagman, Emily
Public Library Association Manager of Impact and Advocacy Emily Plagman left ALA October 2.
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Figueroa, Miguel
Miguel Figueroa, director of the Center for the Future of Libraries, left ALA September 4 to become president and chief executive officer of Amigos Library Services.
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Macikas, Barbara
Barbara Macikas retired as executive director of the Public Library Association August 31.
November 4, 2020
Cited
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Gut, Rachel
The Better Business Bureau of Dayton and Miami Valley’s Women in Business Network named Rachel Gut, deputy director of Dayton (Ohio) Metro Library, one of its Top 25 Women of Impact.
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Tang, Lydia
Lydia Tang, special collections archivist and librarian at Michigan State University in East Lansing, received the Mark A. Greene Emerging Leader Award from the Society of American Archivists.
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Rhodes, Angela
State University of New York at Morrisville presented Angela Rhodes, associate systems and electronic resources librarian, with its Distinguished Librarian Award in August.
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Buljung, Brianna
Brianna Buljung, teaching and learning librarian at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, has been awarded a Fulbright US Scholar Grant to lecture at China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou in spring 2021.
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Koscielski, Roberta
Roberta Koscielski, deputy director of Peoria (Ill.) Public Library, was named Librarian of the Year by the Illinois Library Association in July.
September 1, 2020
Obituaries
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Cornish, Alan
Alan Cornish, 59, director of library technology services at University of Oregon in Eugene since 2018, died November 5. Prior to joining University of Oregon, he served as automation librarian at Texas A&M University Libraries in College Station; systems librarian at National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland; head of library systems at Washington State University Libraries in Pullman; and program manager for the Orbis Cascade Alliance consortium in Eugene.
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Grimm, Ben
Ben Emmett Grimm, 96, director of Jersey City (N.J.) Free Public Library until his 1985 retirement, died November 9. He served as 1968-1969 president of the New Jersey Library Association, and after retirement worked as a library consultant.
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Grisham, Frank
Frank P. Grisham, 92, died October 9. He served as director of Vanderbilt (Tenn.) University Library from 1968 until 1982, then as executive director of the Southeastern Library Network in Atlanta until his retirement in 1994. Grisham, who established the Vanderbilt Television News Archive in 1968, received many library awards, including the American Library Association’s (ALA) Melvil Dewey Medal and the Southeastern Library Association’s Rothrock Award.
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Hauser, Janet
Janet M. Hauser, 85, who retired from Glencoe (Ill.) Public Library as children’s librarian in 2010, died December 7.
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Lewis, Marjorie
Marjorie Lewis, 91, a children’s librarian in schools and public libraries in Montclair, New Jersey; Scarsdale, New York; and London, died December 7. Lewis also wrote three children’s books and coedited Waltzing on Water, an anthology of poetry by women.
March 1, 2021
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