Library Leaders Selected For Institute

By Carolyn Noah

Fifty applicants have been selected to participate in Library Leadership

Massachusetts 2007, sponsored by the Massachusetts Board of Library

Commissioners and the six Massachusetts Regional Library Systems. The

3.5-day Institute drew applications from a highly qualified pool of

candidates from across the state and included professional staff and

paralibrarians from all types of libraries. Successful applicants had fewer

than ten years in their fields.

Maureen Sullivan and Jack Siggins, prominent national consultants, will

guide the Institute from July 15 - 18, 2007. Future leaders will relate to

library issues through case studies, readings, discussions, and other

planned learning activities. The Institute will create a structure for

continuing supportive relationships among its participants. In exchange,

graduates will play a role in advocacy efforts for Massachusetts’s libraries

through professional organizations and/or contributions to publications or

newsletters.

The Library Leadership Massachusetts 2007 Selection Committee extends

congratulations to:

NAME LIBRARY REGION

William Adamczyk Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy

SEMLS

Darsana Barua Boxford Town Library

NMRLS

Janice Bisset Melican Middle School

CMRLS

Nora Blake MassCat WMRLS

Anna Brandenburg Springfield City Library

WMRLS

Christine Brown Maxwell Library, Bridgewater State College

SEMLS

Barbara Bryant Whitman Public Library

SEMLS

Ellen Carey Greenfield Community College

WMRLS

Clayton Cheever Watertown Free Public Library

MMRLS

Robin Cicchetti Willard School Library

MMRLS

Bruce Cramer J. E. Burke High School, Dorchester

Boston

Robin Demas Concord Free Public Library

MMRLS

Danielle Dreger Boston Public Library

Boston

Paige Eaton Davis Minuteman Library Network

MMRLS

Sarah Heartt Simmons College Boston

Robert Helmer Jackson Mann School Library

Boston

Nancy Hughes MassBay Community College

MMRLS

Nina Hunt Bellingham Public Library

CMRLS

Dina Kanabar J. V. Fletcher Library, Westford

NMRLS

Deborah Kelsey Morse Institute Library, Natick

MMRLS

Jennifer Koerber Boston Public Library, Honan-Allston Branch

Boston

Stephanie Legg Stoughton Public Library

SEMLS

Stephanie Lewis Boston Public Library

Boston

Sara Marks Fitchburg State College

CMRLS

Nancy Menard Wilbraham Public Library

WMRLS

Barbara Merolli Mondor-Eagan Library, Anna Maria College

CMRLS

Caroline Nie Concord Free Public Library

MMRLS

Janet Pawlowski Weymouth Public Libraries

SEMLS

David Podboy Westfield State College

WMRLS

Richard Poisson MITRE Corp.

MMRLS

Anna Popp West Springfield Public Library

WMRLS

Lisa Prolman Greenfield Public Library

WMRLS

Mary Grein Rasner Melrose Public Library

NMRLS

Rebecca Reznik-Zellen UMass. Amherst

WMRLS

Susan Ross Greenfield High School Library

WMRLS

Janet Ryan Jones Library, Amherst

WMRLS

Carol Scheier Hampden Free Public Library

WMRLS

Christine Schonhart Boston Public Library

Boston

Jennifer Sirrico Falmouth Public Library

SEMLS

Kristin Slater SAILS, Inc.

SEMLS

Sara Slymon Boston Public Library -Mattapan Branch

Boston

Elizabeth Smith Boston Public Library, Mattapan Branch

Boston

Giselle Stevens Newburyport Public Library

NMRLS

Tracy Sutherland Amherst College, Robert Frost Library

WMRLS

Lana Thelen Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library

MMRLS

Kirsten Underwood Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen

NMRLS

Debbie Verhoff Fitchburg State College

CMRLS

Julia von Ranson Boyden Library-Deerfield Academy

WMRLS

Davis Ware Olin College of Engineering

MMRLS

Kelly Jo Woodside Simmons College Library

Boston

The Institute is federally funded by LSTA funds through the Massachusetts

Board of Library Commissioners.

Carolyn Noah

Administrator, Central MA Regional Library System

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