Sentences with phrase «library directors who»

There have been any number of libraries and library directors who have found themselves in the midst of hurricanes of controversy over plans to vastly eliminate or move the collections of their libraries.

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I want to thank the library directors, their staff, volunteers and everyone who attends these events for their support.

The embattled library board was dismantled in July after eight trustees opposed firing library director Thomas Galante, who spent $ 27,000 of his mostly taxpayer - funded salary to pay for lavish office renovations, among other things.

We are fortunate in this community to have so many people who care so strongly about our libraries,» said Library Director Edson.

«The program is supported by a broad partnership — a global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline, the world's largest multidisciplinary science society, community - based organizations like libraries and Boys & Girls Clubs, and the K - 12 educators who deliver the curriculum,» said Betty Calinger, AAAS Education and Human Resources project director.

Key players, aside from Baye, are veteran director Xavier Beauvois and, in her screen debut, a riveting actress named Iris Bry who was planning on a career in library science until a chance meeting with the film's casting director changed everything.

The impetus behind creating an after - school system in Providence started with the mayor, David N. Cicilline, who jump - started the process by bringing together all middle school principals, directors of city recreation centers, and the heads of the public libraries.

«We've endeavored to create an incredible online tool to support the hard work of practitioners who are on the front lines of college access and success initiatives,» said IHEP Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives Lorelle L. Espinosa, Ph.D. «The Evaluation Toolkit is also a perfect complement to the newly redesigned Pathways to College Network Web site, www.pathwaystocollege.net, which has four online libraries housing up - to - date research and an expanded set of online tools for college access and success practitioners.»

«Along with school librarians, we also had non-librarians in attendance including Becky Landa, Director of 21st Century Learning for San Antonio Independent School District, who provided insight into district budget processes and timelines that many librarians without administrator library representation found invaluable.»

When library director Myron told his story in Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, the book sold for a reported $ 1.25 million and became a # 1 New York Times Bestseller.

Amazon's description: «[This book] brings together 30 chapters from librarians and academics across the United States who've served as: board members for library organizations; heads of special collections; state library consultants; directors of state library associations; outreach coordinators; archivists; researchers; presenters at conferences; and other positions.»

Who: United States Senator Ron Wyden, Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury, Multnomah County Commissioner Diane McKeel, Director of Libraries Vailey Oehlke, project partners, library patrons, community members.

It wouldn't be optimal but it would be attractive form the budget management perspective of a strap cashed library director and the CEO of Publishing House Y, who has just found a market willing to pay them thousands of dollars a year for a product that requires no additional overhead (they were already going to convert those ebooks anyway and sell them one at a time).

Vicki Myron, the library director at the time who saved Dewey that fateful morning, tells the story of Dewey and also shares the story of her own life and lessons she learned along the way.

The work was unveiled on February 25 at an opening reception attended by Pratt Institute President Thomas F. Schutte, Provost Kirk E. Pillow, Fine Arts Chair Deborah Bright, Director of Libraries Russell Abell, Sol LeWitt Catalogue Raisonné Director of Research Lindsay Aveilhe, Conant and her students, and others who were involved in the project.

Joining us is exhibit Curator and Creative Director of the Walt Disney Animation Research Library, Lella Smith who guides a staff of 24 in exhibiting, archiving, and digitizing the library's collections.

Some core contributors: Steve Matthews, who authors Vancouver Law Librarian Blog and VLLB Linkblog and created Florida Lawyers Blog Watch; Connie Crosby is a consultant at Crosby Group Consulting in Toronto and also authors Connie Crosby; Shaunna Mireau is director of knowledge management and libraries at Field Law in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Allison C. Shields is the founder and president of Legal Ease Consulting Inc. and also authors Legal Ease Blog and contributes to Lawyerist; Dan Pinnington Dan is director of practicePRO, a claims prevention initiative at the Lawyers» Professional Indemnity Co. of Toronto.

Today, Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan announced the long - awaited replacement for Harry S. Martin, who has been director of the Harvard law Library -LRB-(Which is the most extraordinary law library I've ever used, with due apologies to Ruth at the Bodleian and David at the Great Library)-RRB- for 27 years.

I once received the donation of a table and chairs from my Director, who needed the space in his outer office for more library shelves: our central library was to be cancelled!

One of my colleagues among the Canadian academic law library directors recently conducted a survey of our libraries to discover who continues to subscribe to The Canadian Abridgment in print and why.

Essentially size of the libraries have held about the same, as have who the libraries report to and whether the Library Director is part of executive management (17 %, up from 15 % in 2012).

Our library director resume sample shows a candidate who's not quite ready to close the book on libraries just yet.