University of Utah Associate Librarian and Former Utah Library Association President Rebekah Cummings is the Utah Democratic Party’s Nominee for Lieutenant Governor
Cummings is the digital matters interim director at the University of Utah’s Marriott Library and the chair of the Utah State Libary board. She served as the Utah Library Association’s president from 2018 to 2019. She is also co-chair of the Utah Library Association Advocacy Committee.
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Cummings said she was “honored and humbled” by the nomination and excited to work with King.
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At the Utah Capitol on Monday afternoon, King told reporters that he selected Cummings because her qualifications and experience with the Utah Library Association are “very relevant to the issues we’re facing.”
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.
