A Public Library Association study released in September 2021 provides a current picture of how libraries serve as digital equity hubs. The study found that more than 88% of all public libraries offer formal or informal digital literacy programming, more than one-third (36.7%) have dedicated digital literacy and technology programs and training staff, and more than … Continue reading We Must Lead on Digital Equity
Jefferson (Tex.) Carnegie Library named Sandra Spencer youth services director effective October 18.
Anne-Marie Deitering was promoted to Delpha and Donald Campbell Dean of Libraries at Oregon State University in Corvallis December 1.
Kathlin L. Ray retired as dean of university libraries and teaching and learning technologies at University of Nevada, Reno, September 1.
Jane (Han-Jun) Cheng, 89, senior East Asian catalog librarian at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City for 28 years until her 2010 retirement, died November 5. She had also served as a librarian at Upper Arlington (Ohio) Public Library and taught Mandarin as an adjunct instructor at University of Missouri–Kansas City.
Bruce D. Bonta, 80, head of reference at Penn State University’s Pattee Library in University Park for several decades, died September 27. He had also worked at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and Colby College Libraries in Waterville, Maine. Bonta coedited The Role of the American Academic Library in International Programs, which led … Continue reading Bonta, Bruce D.
December 2 Darcy Young joined ALA’s Data, Design, and Research unit as an ALA data fellow.
Fred Reuland, continuing education and communications program officer for Core, retired November 5.
Chase Ollis, previously ACRL professional development and outreach specialist, became a communications manager in the Communications and Marketing Office November 29.
Phil Morehart, previously American Libraries senior editor, joined the Communications and Marketing Office as a communications manager November 29.
Tammy Dillard-Steels, executive director of the Young Adult Library Services Association, left ALA February 4.
Pamela Westby retired as director of L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, October 1.
