Regina Minudri, 84, director of Berkeley (Calif.) Public Library from 1977 until her 1994 retirement, died June 18. After California’s Proposition 13 in 1978 reduced public library financing, she became the first library director in the state to secure tax funding through voter approval in 1980. She also started Berkeley’s Tool Lending Library, developed a citywide community information model, and established a library-based adult literacy program. She served as California Library Association president 1981–1982 and ALA president 1986–1987 and was elected to the California Library Hall of Fame in 2012.