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BPL goes way westa Worcester again for its new president
By adamg on Sat, 05/21/2016 - 1:01pm
The Boston Public Library board of trustees today voted to ask Jill Bourne, currently city librarian for San Jose, CA, to fill the vacancy created when Amy Ryan resigned last year.
Bourne had served as head of the 23-branch San Jose system for almost three years. She previously spent almost seven years as deputy city librarian in San Francisco.
In a 2015 profile, the Silicon Valley Business Journal said:
With a focus on knowledge access, public technology, and community learning, she manages a team that is committed to enhancing the relevance and leveraging the value of public libraries in the communities they serve.
In a statement, BPL trustee Chairman Robert Gallery said:
Jill Bourne brings new ideas, innovation, and deep experience in urban libraries to the role - from working as a children’s librarian to managing a library system. The BPL is an important cultural asset in the City of Boston and a vital educational resource for residents of the city and the state, and we look forward to working with Jill to shape the future of this historic institution.
She beat out David Leonard, who had been serving as interim BPL president. He will continue in that role until Bourne starts.
Ryan had come to Boston from Minneapolis.
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She was my top candidate
Based on the finalist profiles I read, I like her breadth of experience with urban library systems. I am curious about the process-the decision came almost immediately after the pubic interviews this morning, and the third candidate withdrew her name yesterday, suggesting this was a foregone conclusion?
San Jose Public Library?
Does that mean a crackdown on library scofflaws in Boston is on it's way?http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/us/in-san-jose-poor-find-doors-to-libr...
from that article...
It seems like she was a champion against harsh, punitive fees as set by the city council.
Wayfinding. Telecom. Boston Public Library Copley Square Bldgs.
a) Wayfinding around Floors of our Boston Public Library Copley Square Buildings needs improvement with better signs, better diagrams
b) Telephone system recorded menus need reprogramming at our Boston Public Library.
c) Better staff development programming is needed at our Boston Public Library. Get rid of a Fickle Pissant Librarian attitude! Staff development could include BPL on site course credits, matriculating in Information Studies or Library Studies
http://www.albany.edu/informationstudies/
d) The Teaching Library staff development programming could be modeled on Teaching Hospitals' method of staff development programming.
e) No affiliation, no partnering with a deficient Simmons College Library and Information Science School. Better Information Studies Schools, Library Studies Schools in the North Atlantic Region can be tapped, for example University at Albany Department of Information Studies
http://www.albany.edu/informationstudies/
f) Advocate an affordable Information Studies, Library Studies program at University of Massachusetts or Northeastern University or both !
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They need more materials on American Sign Language. DVDs with Deaf characters and stories, ASL instruction books/videos.
BPL Access Center?
What happened to the Access Center at Boston Public Library Copley Square? The opening of BPL Access Center was a big media event
http://www.bpl.org/central/access.htm
'Our'?
As a Cambridge resident, don't you mean 'your' public library?