January 9, 2003
Press Release: SECRETARY DETZNER ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW STATE LIBRARIAN
AND DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Secretary of State
Contact: Jenny Nash, 850/245-6518, Jnash@mail.dos.state.fl.us
Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced today the appointment of Judith Ring as the new State Librarian and Director of the Division of Library and Information Services. Judith has served as the Assistant Division Director since September 2001 under Director Barratt Wilkins who retired earlier this week. Judith Ring has over twenty years of practical, broad-based management experience working in state and county government. Prior to coming to Tallahassee, Judith worked in the Lee County Library System and held the positions of both Deputy Division Director and Interim Library Director. Before this, she worked as Executive Director of the Erie County Library System in Erie, Pennsylvania. Judith holds a Masters of Science in Library Science from Clarion University of Pennsylvania and received her Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education and Library Science from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
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Related links;
Florida Department of State
Division of Library and Information Services
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index.htmlFLA -- Florida Library Association
http://www.flalib.org/NOVA Southeastern Library, Research and Information Technology Center
http://www.nova.edu/library/nsulibs.htm