South Dakota’s State Librarian Resigns, No Reason Given
From the Aberdeen News:
A search is under way for a new state librarian to replace Dan Siebersma.
Siebersma resigned last month. State officials said he didn’t give a reason and didn’t know if he had found a different job.
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At the board’s July 25, meeting he issued a report that he called a “budgetstorm watch” for the state library.
He warned that budget cuts might be made and noted the library was operating at its 2000 budget level after a 22 percent reduction in personnel and a 30 percent reduction in funding during recent years.
A spokeswoman for the state Department of Education, however, said last week the state library wasn’t recommended for any cuts at a recent internal hearing on its budget proposal for next year.
Daria Bossman was promoted to acting director after Siebersma stepped down.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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