Duane F. Johnson, 78, state librarian of Kansas for 20 years until his 2004 retirement, died October 28. He previously served as director of libraries in Great Bend and Hutchinson. In the 1990s, he traveled to Tanzania to teach library science and library management. After retirement, he served as chair of the board of Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, and the Friends of Kansas Libraries established a leadership award in his honor.