December 2011

November 14 Devon Skeele was appointed New Mexico state librarian.

In November Mary Evelyn Garey retired as librarian of Cameron (W.Va.) Public Library.

In December Ellyssa Kroski  became manager of information systems at the New York Law Institute.

November 14 Al Companio left ALA as director of operations and support.

Taina Lagodzinski, production editor for Booklist, left ALA November 28.

In December Mary Mazanec was named director of the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.

Amish Kadakia left ALA as staff accountant November 7.

December 24 Donna Lauffer will retire as county librarian from Johnson County (Kans.) Library.

In October Rebecca Vnuk joined ALA as editor for reference and collection management for Booklist.

November 14 Kimberlee DeNero-Ackroyd became deputy director for Cleveland Heights-University Heights (Ohio) Public Library.