November 25, 2009

REGENTS APPOINT HAMMOND, MACK-HARVIN, MULLER AND SHERBY TO ADVISORY COUNCIL ON LIBRARIES

The New York State Board of Regents has appointed John Hammond, Dionne Mack-Harvin, Mary Muller and Louise Sherby to the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries.  The term for Mr. Hammond, who is filling an unfulfilled term, will be until 2011; terms for Ms. Mack-Harvin,  Ms.Muller and Ms. Sherby will be until 2014.

 
John Hammond is the Executive Director of the Northern New York Library Network in Potsdam, NY.  Prior to this appointment, he was the Associate Director of the Kansas City, MO Public Library.   He earned his Masters
of Library Science from Southern Connecticut State University.  In 1998, Mr. Hammond won the New York Library Association Outstanding Service Award, and in 2001 served as NYLA President.  In 2003, Mr. Hammond founded the New Yorkers for Better Libraries Political Action Committee, and now serves as its Treasurer.    He currently serves as the President of the North Country Library System in Watertown, NY and as the convener of the Steering Committee of the New York Alliance of Library Systems.

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