FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 23, 2008
IMLS Press Contacts
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IMLS
Welcomes Two New Associate Deputy Directors
WASHINGTON, DC--Anne-Imelda
M. Radice, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS), is pleased to announce two new associate
deputy directors: Carlos Manjarrez, who has been selected
for the newly-created position of Associate Deputy Director
For Research and Statistics in the Office of Policy, Planning,
Research, and Communications, and Laurie Brooks, who has
been selected for the Associate Deputy Director position
in the Office of Library Services. Both appointments were
made following national searches.
“Carlos Manjarrez and Laurie Brooks
bring strong credentials and a wide breadth of experience
to IMLS,” said Anne-Imelda Radice, Director of the
Institute. “They are recognized experts in their
fields: Laurie knows the inner workings of the library
world both in and out of the Institute. Carlos has terrific
research experience relevant to cultural institutions.
We anticipate great things from them.”
Manjarrez joins IMLS from the Urban Institute
where he was the principal investigator for a national
study of public libraries and local economic development
for the Urban Libraries Council and the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation. In 2003, he co-published a report on
the role that partnerships play in expanding access to
public libraries, museums, and public broadcasters. During
his tenure at the Institute, he worked on more than 25
major research projects ranging from neighborhood studies
in single cities to congressionally-mandated studies of
federal programs. Prior to working at the Urban Institute,
Manjarrez worked for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation, the American Bar Foundation, and was a graduate
fellow at the Joint Center for Poverty Research in Chicago.
In his new role, he will identify program-related
issues of interest to the agency, and develop and implement
short, intermediate, and long-range research, program
evaluation, and statistics plans. These efforts will take
into account agency policies and program directions and
the needs of libraries and museums in the United States.
Since 2003, Brooks has worked as IMLS’s
senior library grant program officer in the state programs
division. She is taking over the position from George
Smith, who held the position for three years. He is retiring
and returning to Alaska, his home state. Prior to joining
IMLS, Brooks spent nearly 30 years working in the library
field throughout New England and New York. She held administrative
positions as director of the Orono (ME) Public Library
and the Tomplins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES School Library System.
Brooks also was actively involved in New
York’s statewide database and technology planning
committees. She served as president of the School Library
Systems Association of New York, as a member of the board
of trustees for the Tompkins County Public Library and
the South Central Regional Library Council both located
in Ithaca, NY, and as a member of New York’s Online
Computer Library Center (OCLC) network council known as
NYLINK.
As Associate Deputy Director, Brooks will
provide national professional leadership for the agency’s
largest program: the Library Services and Technology Act
(LSTA) Grants to States, which helps the nation’s
libraries serve their communities. Brooks will also provide
expert guidance and leadership in the area of regulations
and compliance resolution; and serve as a key member of
the IMLS management team for establishing plans, setting
goals, participating in program implementation, and developing
new initiatives.
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