Robert W. White, 70, executive director of the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS) from 1986–2015, died December 16. He is credited with increasing BCCLS’s membership from 21 public libraries in Bergen County to 77 across four counties (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Passaic) in what is now New Jersey’s largest independent library system. In 2015, the New Jersey Library Association honored him with its Library Champion Award. That same year, BCCLS created The Robert W. White Scholarship to provide financial assistance to BCCLS library employees working toward their MLIS.