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| Alaska
Ann Myren
Haines Public Library
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| Ann has worked in Alaskan libraries
since 1980. She has a BA in History and has taken graduate classes
in both Environmental Studies and Library Science. Ann spent four
years at the Media Center for the Lower Kuskokwim School District
developing remote school libraries and training library aides.
In 1985 she became Director of the Haines Borough Public Library
(HBPL) where she worked closely with a talented staff and a dedicated
Board of Trustees. During her tenure she oversaw the automation
of the catalog, a building addition, the introduction of the Internet,
construction of a new facility, and the creation of several award-winning
programs. HBPL has received PLA’s “Excellence in Small/Rural
Library Programming” award, ALA’s “Marshall
Cavendish Excellence in Programming” award and the Gale
Group “Financial Development” award. In 2005, HBPL
was selected as the “Best Small Library in America”
by Library Journal and the Gates Foundation. Ann retired in April
2006 and is currently providing planning, grantwriting and consulting
services to libraries and non-profits. Ann and her husband spend
their free time skiing, hiking, biking, canoeing, traveling and,
of course, reading. |
Alberta
Pilar Martinez
Edmonton Public Library
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| Pilar has over 16 years experience in public and
regional libraries. As the District Manager, North and the Manager
of a branch at Edmonton Public Library (EPL), Pilar is part of
a team that leads, plans and implements strategies for provision
of services, staffing and collections at EPL. Pilar has participated
in and led many system-wide initiatives at EPL, including the
Business Plan and the Customer Service Teams. She chaired an integrated
service team represented by city departments, police, community
organizations and the library for the Strathcona neighbourhood.
Pilar has been the President of the Library Association of Alberta,
chaired the Alberta Library Conference, and held executive positions
with other library associations, as well as community groups (eg.
Alberta Bison Association). Pilar is a “graduate”
of Leadership Edmonton, Snowbird Leadership Institute and Northern
Exposure to Leadership, experiential leadership programs for individuals
with leadership potential. In addition to running, soccer, and
yoga, Pilar enjoys spending time with her husband, Tim, and their
two sons, Ethan & Jeremy. |
| British
Columbia
Gwen Bird
Simon Fraser University
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| Gwen has been working in academic and community-based
libraries since receiving her MLS from the University of British
Columbia in 1992. Her undergraduate degree is in English from
Cornell University. Gwen has been at Simon Fraser University for
the past seven years, initially as the Interlibrary Loans Librarian,
then Head of Collections Management, and currently as the Associate
University Librarian for Collections Services. Prior to that she
was College Librarian at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology,
an aboriginal college in the BC Interior, and has worked as the
Librarian at the Pacific AIDS Resource Centre in Vancouver. Gwen
has been actively involved in library associations and consortia
in a variety of roles: as a member of the Negotiations Resource
Team for the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, as chair of
the Collections Group within the Council of Prairie and Pacific
University Libraries (COPPUL), as chair of BCLA’s Academic
Librarians in Public Service section, and as a member of the BCLA
Board of Directors. Gwen knows the importance of balance. Outside
of work her interests and passions are her family, long distance
running and wilderness travel. |
| Idaho
Steve Poppino
College of Southern Idaho
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| Steve grew up in Davis, California and attended
UC Davis and Cal State Hayward, where he earned a BA in Music.
In 1982 he graduated with an M. Lib. from the University of Washington.
In the fall of 1983, he moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, where he continues
to work as the Reference Librarian at the College of Southern
Idaho. Over the last few years he has become active in the Idaho
Library Association. He serves on the Advocacy Committee and was
the co-chair of the 2006 Region 4 Spring Conference. Steve also
serves on the advisory committee for AnswerXpress, our regional
virtual reference service. He’s married, to a librarian,
and they have 3 kids, 2 cats, and a dog. For hobbies, he likes
to read, play classical guitar, and paint. |
Montana
Jan Zauha
Montana State University-Bozeman
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| Jan is very interested in professional development
for librarians. She has been a lucky participant in many wonderful
professional and leadership development adventures, including
a summer-long appointment in the Newspapers and Periodicals
section of the Library of Congress as a Junior Fellow (1992);
2-year post MLS appointment in the University of Michigan Graduate
Library Residency Program (1993-1995); the Snowbird Library
Leadership Institute (1999); and serving as a mentor and planner
for the 2004
PNLA Leads leadership institute. Jan has an MA in literature from
Clark University (Worcester, MA), and an MA in Library and Information
Science from the University of Iowa (1993). She is involved in
ALA, the Montana Library Association, and in PNLA (president in
2004-2005). She has published and presented on professional development
issues in various venues, including her first IFLA in Oslo, Norway,
where she presented her survey of the 2004 PNLA Leadership Institute
participants and mentors. She is a Traveling Scholar for the Montana
Committee for the Humanities and gets to talk about wonderful
books and authors and library collections, and call it work. Jan
is originally from Idaho and is ever so happy to call the West
home once again. She is currently Reference Team Leader for the
Libraries at Montana State University in Bozeman (1995-present).
She will be going up for promotion to full professor this fall.
Jan is the mother of two cats, Fred and Barney, the wife of an
alien (ok, he’s English). She is a pusher of books and is
involved in several book groups, running one of them |
| Oregon
Jey Wann
Oregon State Library
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| Jey is a native Oregonian with a life-long love
of libraries and reading. She has a BA in Music and Communications
from Linfield College. She has been with the Oregon State Library,
working in various capacities including technical services, circulation
and reference, since college. Currently she serves as Oregon Documents
Depository & Acquisitions Coordinator and helps administer
the search engine on the Oregon government web portal. Jey has
been active in the Oregon Library Association since the beginning
of the Support Staff Round Table, now the Support Staff Division.
She has been chair of the Round Table, chair of the Special Committee
on Preservation and Conservation, Secretary of OLA, and editor
of the Oregon Authors bibliography among other positions. As of
mid-march, 2006 she is contemplating whether she will survive
her stint as exhibits chair of the conference committee J. In
her spare time, Jey enjoys reading (of course), gardening, bicycling,
chocolate and performing Renaissance and baroque music. |
Washington
Phil Heikkinen
Orcas Island Public Library
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| Phil has lived in eight states: Arizona, California,
Idaho, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington –
generally in the West since 1972. Prior to his current position
as Director of the Orcas Island Library District he has worked
at the Show Low and Tucson-Pima Public Libraries (AZ) , Lewis
and Clark Public Library (MT) and the University of Michigan Library
(MI). Phil has served as a facilitator using PLA’s well-known
“Planning for Results” process and has been a member
of WLA since moving to Washington in 2004. Phil holds a BA in
English from the University of Idaho and an MLS from the University
of Arizona. In his spare time Phil enjoys playing with his two
young daughters, chess, and trail running. |
| PNLA
Charlotte Glover
Ketchikan Public Library
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| Charlotte has been the Youth Services and Programming
Librarian at the Ketchikan Public Library for the past fifteen
years. Her professional interests include early childhood literacy,
library advocacy, program planning and readers advisory and she
has hosted and produced a weekly radio show called “Booktalk”
since 1991. Charlotte has a BA in Liberal Arts from St. John’s
College, a BA in Education from the University of New Mexico and
an MLS from the University of Washington. Previous to moving to
Alaska, Charlotte worked in a variety of library settings, including
school, academic, fishery and law libraries, and she taught reading
at the Santa Fe Indian School. Always active in association work,
Charlotte has served as the Secretary, Vice President and President
of AkLA in years past and is currently President of PNLA after
serving as the AK Representative. In her spare time, Charlotte
enjoys reading, cooking, gardening and drawing pictures with her
five-year-old son, Liam. |
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