[Libs-Or] Multnomah County Library selects new deputy director

[LONG Shannon E]

December 18, 2009

For immediate release

Contact:	Terrilyn Chun, Communications and Public Programs 
503.988.5469, terrilyn at multcolib.org <mailto:pennyh at multcolib.org>  

Multnomah County Library selects new deputy director

PORTLAND, OR - Effective Jan. 1, Becky Cobb will be the deputy director
of Multnomah County Library. Selected after a national search, Cobb will
oversee daily operations of the 17-library system with direct management
authority for the library's support services, including budget and
finance, human resources, technical services and collection development,
facilities and security, and marketing and communications. Cobb has been
with Multnomah County Library for 20 years and was most recently the
library's budget and finance manager. 

Multnomah County Library is the largest public library in the state of
Oregon, serving roughly one-fifth of the state's population. The library
has 482 FTEs and an annual budget of $63 million. Last year Multnomah
County Library circulated more than 21 million items, the highest
circulation nationwide among libraries serving populations of less than
1 million.

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Shannon Long
Multnomah County Library
Programming & Communications
205 N.E. Russell St., Portland, OR 97212
503.988.6128  shannonl at multcolib.org

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