Mankowski, Susan
June 8, 2017United Way of Northeast Florida has awarded its Sherwood H. Smith Children’s Champion Award for Advocacy to Susan Mankowski, early childhood specialist at Jacksonville (Fla.) Public Library.
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Salazar, Ashley
June 8, 2017May 1 Ashley Salazar became manager of the Old Fort branch of McDowell County (N.C.) Public Library.
McCallan, Norma
June 8, 2017Norma McCallan, 83, who managed the bookmobile and the books-by-mail program at the New Mexico State Library for 24 years, died June 27. McCallan also worked for libraries in Florida, Washington, California, and Arizona, and was cochair of the Northern New Mexico Group of the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club.
MacDonald, Mary
June 8, 2017Mary MacDonald, information literacy librarian at the University of Rhode Island, received the Rhode Island Library Association’s Distinguished Service Award May 26 .
Jones, Robert
June 8, 2017Robert Leroy Jones Jr., 38, public library statistics cooperative state data coordinator and youth services consultant at the Illinois State Library, died July 2. Jones was a 2007 American Library Association (ALA) Spectrum Scholar and 2011 ALA Emerging Leader. In 2010 he was selected as one of 35 national field recruiters in ALA’s Discovering Librarianship … Continue reading Jones, Robert
Craver, Kristin
June 8, 2017Kristin Craver joined Drake Public Library in Centerville, Iowa, as children’s librarian in July.
Shuler, John
June 8, 2017John Shuler, 59, associate professor and government information and documents librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago library for 23 years, died June 29. Shuler was an associate editor for Government Information Quarterly and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Academic Librarianship, a nationally known speaker on government information issues, … Continue reading Shuler, John
Christensen, Mark
June 8, 2017Mark Christensen joined Okanagan Regional Library in Kelowna, British Columbia, as head librarian of the Vernon branch.
Watson, Margaret
June 8, 2017Margaret Yesso Watson, 72, principal librarian for Alameda County (Calif.) Library for 12 years, died June 26. Watson’s career in libraries spanned 50 years, including work as a public health and medical librarian for Santa Clara County, California; Technicon Data Systems, and public health agencies in London and Sydney. She also worked as a regional … Continue reading Watson, Margaret
Buckley, Laurie
June 8, 2017In June Laurie Buckley became director of Dover Plains Library in Wingdale, New York.
Book, Myra
June 8, 2017Myra Book retired in June as librarian at St. Joseph Elementary School in Conway, Arkansas.
Gressler, Kasey
June 8, 2017In May, Kasey Gressler became interlibrary loan and young adult librarian at DuBois (Pa.) Public Library