[Libs-Or] Our New State Librarian of Oregon

[Diedre Conkling]

Very happy to hear that a new State Librarian has been chosen.

I just wanted to say that the link for ASGCLA goes to something else
entirely. This is a division that was recently dissolved which probably
explains the problem with an old link. Here is the information on the ALA
site,
https://www.ala.org/asgcla/about


On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 10:31 AM HOOVER Nancy * SLO via Libs-Or <
libs-or at omls.oregon.gov> wrote:

> The State Library of Oregon is pleased to announce that Wendy Cornelisen
> will join us as our new State Librarian effective March 1, 2022.  Wendy
> comes to the State Library with over 15 years of progressive leadership
> positions in libraries. Wendy started her library career as a Reference
> Librarian in a public library outside of Nashville, TN.  Her next position
> was managing the Tennessee Electronic Library, a statewide resource, at the
> Tennessee State Library & Archives.  In 2014, she became the Assistant
> State Librarian at the Georgia Public Library Service where, in 2021, Wendy
> served as the Georgia Library Association President.
>
> Wendy has an MLIS from University of Tennessee, Knoxville and a B.S. in
> Anthropology from Iowa State University. In 2020, she was awarded both
> the 2020 ALA-ASGCLA** Leadership & Professional Achievement Award and the School
> of Information Science Alumni Innovator Award.  These were awarded in recognition
> of her many years of accomplished service to the libraries of Tennessee and
> Georgia, and for her dedication and leadership in building a state-wide
> eBook service for Georgia’s youngest readers, a service that was heavily
> used during the pandemic.
>
> For those attending the PLA Conference, Wendy is co-presenting a session
> titled “The Georgia Approach to EDI: Multiple Agency Initiatives” on Friday
> March 25 at 3:30. This is part of the session description: “Learn how the
> Georgia Library Association, Georgia Public Library Service and the Society
> of Georgia Archivists worked together to develop EDI statements, tools and
> supports for the public library landscape in our state”.
>
> ** The Association for Specialized Government and Cooperative Library
> Agencies (ASGCLA), https://asgcladirect.org/
>
>
>
> *Nancy Hoover (she, her, hers)*
>
> Acting State Librarian
>
> State Library of Oregon
>
> nancy.hoover at slo.oregon.gov
>
> Office: 503-378-4367| Mobile 971-283-6681
> www.oregon.gov/library
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*Diedre Conkling*
*diedre08 at gmail.com* <diedre08 at gmail.com>

“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change
your attitude.”―Maya Angelou
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