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Winter 2002 |
Volume 9 Number 2 |
Elaine Albright Librarian of the year |
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Elaine Albright came to Fogler Library in 1983 as Director of Libraries. This was, in
many ways, a homecoming. A Waterville native and 1968 graduate of The University
of Maine, Albright had always viewed our state as her true home. Since that time in 1983, she has worked tirelessly to ensure that all of
Maine's citizens have access to quality library resources. Last Spring the Maine Library Association expressed its appreciation by naming her 2001 Outstanding Librarian of the Year. Albright arrived at a time when libraries were on the threshold of what would become a revolution in the archiving and management of information. Always a forward thinker, she was able to understand the opportunity offered by technology and knew how to place the University System libraries in a position to benefit from these advancements. She has been a major force in leading Maine's libraries into the forefront of electronic access to an extensive collection of online information resources. |
In This IssueFrom the Director's OfficeCampus Heritage Maps Guest Essay In Focus: The New Media Resource Center Sanford Phippen: A Good Read Poet Robert Creeley at Fogler
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She was a leader in the creation of URSUS, the statewide automated catalog system, and has continued her commitment to new information technology with the introduction of the Maine InfoNet Statewide Catalog, which combines and links library collections. Her involvement in the creation of the Maine School and Library Network, which provides connection to the Internet for schools and libraries, helped to give Maine a strong network of resource sharing. Albright holds leadership positions in a variety of professional organizations. She serves on the American Library Association's Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Telecommunications, a subcommittee of the ALA Legislative Committee. On a local level, she served as Past President of the Association of College and Research Libraries, was a member of the Maine Library Commission, and served on The University of Maine Chancellor's Telecommunications and Information Technology Planning Workgroup. Before coming to Fogler Library, she was Executive Director of the Lincoln Trail Library System and Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana. Terrence MacTaggart, former chancellor of The University of Maine System, said that Albright has been a source of outstanding leadership; "She is the force behind a digital library that will give every resident of Maine easy access to an extensive collection of databases, electronic books, and other digital materials." |
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