Re: New Library Director

[Jeanne Leffingwell <jleff@moscow.com>]

For Immediate Release

	The Board of Trustees of the Latah County Library District is pleased
to announce the selection of Mary Guptill as the new Library District
Administrator.  She comes to the position after 7 years as the Director
of Jasper Public Library and Administrator of Dubois County Contractual
Library Services in Jasper, Indiana.  She also worked at libraries
affiliated with Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky, with the
National Institute of Mental Health, and with universities in Wisconsin
and Oklahoma.  Her Ph.D. is in Library and Information Science from
Indiana University.  Ms Guptill was selected after a national search by
a 9-member committee consisting of libary staff, trustees, and community
members representing the county-wide system.
	Mary is passionate about the role of public libraries in rural
communities, and said she was "very impressed with the staff, and the
level and  quality of service in Latah County."  She will arrive in
early June.
	Ms Guptill will replace retiring District Administrator Lori Keenan.  A
reception honoring Ms Keenan will be held Friday, April 28 from 2-5:30
p.m. at the Moscow Public Library.  The public is invited.


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