People
Appointments & Retirements
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McCall-Wright, Patti
Patti McCall-Wright became systematic review librarian at University of Florida’s Health Science Center Libraries in Gainesville February 7.
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Lehner, Leanne
Leanne Schwandt Lehner retired as director of Jefferson (Wis.) Public Library in February.
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Boisclair, Marissa
Genesee District Library in Flint, Michigan, named Marissa Boisclair children’s librarian in September.
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Busch, Mariele
Mariele Busch became librarian at North Adams (Mich.) Community Memorial Library in August.
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Butts, Peter
In August Peter Butts joined Three Rivers (Mich.) Public Library as children’s librarian.
January 8, 2021
At ALA
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Hix, Genevieve
Assistant Director for Major Gifts Genevieve Hix left ALA October 9.
January 8, 2021 -
Plagman, Emily
Public Library Association Manager of Impact and Advocacy Emily Plagman left ALA October 2.
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Barac, Ligia
Ligia Barac left ALA’s Finance and Accounting department August 7.
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Cai, Julie
Julie Cai left ALA Graphics August 7.
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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.
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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Tucker, George
George R. Tucker, 78, trustee of Toledo Lucas County (Ohio) Public Library and most recently board president, died June 12.
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Goode, Diedre
Diedre Goode, head of children’s services at Great Neck (N.Y.) Library, died in May.
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Mlawer, Theresa
Theresa Mlawer, 75, president of Lectorum Publications from 1976–2009, died March 21. Lectorum was the largest distributor of Spanish-language books in the US, and she negotiated Spanish-language rights for the works of authors like Dr. Seuss, Marc Brown, and Patricial Polacco. In recognition of her efforts to promote library and information services to Latinos and the Spanish-speaking, the Reforma Northeast Chapter recently renamed its lifetime achievement award in her honor.
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Berry, John
John N. Berry III, 87, editor in chief of Library Journal 1969-2006, died October 10. Berry won the American Library Association’s (ALA) Joseph W. Lippincott Award in 1992 and the Service to the Association for Library and Information Science Education award in 1993.
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Fischer, Hans
Hans J. Fischer, 87, died August 27. In 1960, he founded the architecture firm that was ultimately known as Fischer-Stein Associates; for 30 years, he led the firm and designed many libraries. After retiring in 1990, he served as a consultant for more than 50 library projects in Kansas.
January 8, 2021
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