Norman L. Maas, 70, director of Norfolk (Va.) Public Library until his 2013 retirement, died January 13. He began his career at Detroit Public Library and served as director of Saginaw (Mich.) Public Library and the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City. He served on ALA Council, the boards of the Public Library Association and the Michigan Library Association, and as past president of the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems.