Retiring librarian ‘grew up’ with technology
Daytona Beach News Journal – “In a hallway down from Library Director Betty Drees Johnson’s office, a wooden card catalog from the 1960s lines the wall. The small drawers hold a master list of some of...
View ArticleRetiring N.J. state librarian stresses libraries’ continued relevance in...
NJ.com – “As state librarian, Norma Blake has helped libraries around New Jersey shift their primary function from lending books to aiding in the economic recovery — whether it’s teaching job seekers...
View ArticleOED Editor Retires As Only Seventh Person To Hold The Job
“After more than 35 years at the Oxford English Dictionary, chief editor John Simpson has announced his retirement. He is only the seventh editor of the dictionary since the project’s beginning in...
View ArticleLibrary Company chief plans to retire
“John Van Horne, 63, who has presided over the Library Company of Philadelphia during nearly three decades of unprecedented digital change, has announced he will retire in May 2014. When Van Horne...
View ArticleD.C. chief librarian Ginnie Cooper announces retirement
“Whoever said “without libraries, you have no civilization” had obviously never confronted a D.C. public library circa the early 2000s. Odd-smelling places, many of them, and not in a musty literary...
View ArticleD.C. Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper retires, leaves a legacy
“After seven years, D.C.’s Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper is retiring and going back home to Oregon. She leaves behind a legacy that includes 17 new or renovated libraries. Cooper took a library system...
View ArticleLongtime Baltimore County library chief retires
“Jim Fish had a knack for management from a young age, former colleagues say — and in his 43 years as a professional librarian, he never worked as anything but a library director. The longtime...
View ArticleALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels announces retirement
“American Library Association Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels announced today that he will retire in July 2017.Fiels has led ALA since 2002, making him one of the longest-serving executive...
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