February 2012

December 8 Jane Martellino, librarian at Consolidated School in New Fairfield, Connecticut and founder of Yes, Grace Rocks, Inc., received the Heart of Women Award by the Women's Business Council of the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce. Yes, Grace Rocks, Inc., supports families of children diagnosed with brain tumors or brain injury. The award symbolizes the inspirational commitment made by someone on behalf of less fortunate individuals.

March 5 Lisa Carr will become director at Seymour Library in Auburn, New York.

Effective in April Kay Iversen will retire as director of Spencer (Iowa) Public Library.

January 17 Josh Berk was appointed director of Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity in Pennsylvania.

In January Adam Novitt became director of Sunderland (Mass.) Public Library.

William McDermed, 88, died due to complications related to a fall, January 3. William served as president of the boards of the Thomas Ford Memorial Library, LaGrange Library, and Suburban Library System in Illinois for several years.

February 13 David Ketchum will become resource sharing librarian at the University of Oregon Libraries in Eugene.

Effective in June Sherrie Bergman will retire as director of Bowdoin College's Hawthorne-Longfellow Library in Brunswick, Maine.

December 31 Jim Cooper retired as executive director of West Georgia Regional Library System in Carrollton.

In January Tom Dillard retired as head of the special collections department at the University of Arkansas Library in Fayetteville.