FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
March 20, 2008
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
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Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
Senate Confirms President’s Nominees to
National Museum and Library Services Board
Washington, DC--The U.S.
Senate confirmed four presidential nominees to serve as
members of the National Museum and Library Services Board
March 13, 2008. The board advises the Institute of Museum
and Library Services (IMLS), an independent federal agency
that is the primary source of federal support for the
nation's museums and libraries.
“The new board members bring vast
and varied experience to the National Museum and Library
Services Board. We look forward to working with them and
to their contributions in support the nation’s museums
and libraries,” said the Institute’s Director
Anne-Imelda M. Radice. “I also want to thank and
acknowledge the expert advice and leadership offered by
the outgoing members: Judith Ann Rapanos, Edwin Joseph
Riguad, Margaret Scarlett and Renee Swartz. We will miss
them.”
 Julia
W. Bland, Executive Director of the Louisiana Children's
Museum
Julia W. Bland has been the Executive Director
of the Louisiana Children’s Museum since 1997. Nationally,
she has presided over the museum collaborative MC2 and
is a founding member of Quality Management to a Higher
Level (Qm2)’s New Orleans Roundtable. She also serves
on the international board of the Association of Children’s
Museums as the association’s Secretary. Locally
she has chaired the boards of organizations such as Trinity
Episcopal School, the Tulane Institute of Infant and Early
Childhood Mental Health’s Advisory Board, and America’s
Promise Alliance New Orleans Kids Partnership. Ms. Bland
serves on various state-wide advisory boards promoting
child well-being and early childhood development. In 2004
she co-chaired the Association of Children’s Museum
annual conference and served on the national program committee
for the American Association of Museums annual conference.
In 2001 and 2006 she was selected as a City Business Woman
of the Year, and was a Young Leadership Council Role Model
for 2007. She received her bachelor of arts in art history
from Tulane University.
 Jan
Cellucci, Commissioner on the U.S. National Commission
on Libraries and Information Science
Since 2005, Jan Cellucci has served as a Commissioner
on the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information
Science, a federal government agency established in 1970
and consolidated with the Institute of Museum and Library
Services in 2008. During a varied professional library
career, Cellucci has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for
the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, a member
of the University of British Columbia President’s
Advisory Council on the University Library, a member of
the Strategic Planning Committee of Friends of Library
Archives Canada, an Associate University Librarian for
Collection Services at Boston College, and as Preservation
Manager for Boston College. Earlier in her career, she
directed a K-12 school library, served as Assistant Director
of the Hudson Public Library, created two new elementary
school media centers, and was an elected public library
trustee. Cellucci currently sits on the Board of the Massachusetts
Children’s Trust Fund, an umbrella organization
that leads statewide efforts to prevent child abuse and
neglect, and on the Board of CAST, the Center for Applied
Special Technologies dedicated to transforming education
through Universal Design for Learning. She earned a master
of library science and an honorary doctorate in public
service from Simmons College in Boston.
 William
J. Hagenah, Chairman, Board of Directors of the Chicago
Horticultural Society
William J. Hagenah has been a member of the Board of Directors
of the Chicago Horticultural Society since 1989, and he
has served as its Chairman since 2002. He is responsible
for the growth and development of the institution, presiding
over meetings of the Governing Members and the Board’s
Executive Committee. Under his leadership, the Campaign
for the Chicago Botanic Garden has raised more than $125
million toward the construction of new gardens, the renovation
of existing gardens, infrastructure improvements, and
the construction of new administrative, teaching, and
research facilities. Throughout his career, Hagenah held
many positions at the First National Bank of Chicago,
beginning as a security analyst in 1968, vice president
of pension management in 1979, and finally, senior vice
president of personal investments in 1986. He retired
from the company in 1999. Hagenah’s professional
memberships include the Investment Analysts of Chicago,
the Financial Analysts Federation, and the Institute of
Charted Financial Analysts. He is also a Trustee of Rush
University Medical Center. He holds a bachelor of arts
degree from Stanford University and master of business
administration degree from Northwestern University Kellogg
School of Management.
 Mark
Y. Herring, Dean of Library Services at Winthrop University,
Rock Hill, SC
Mark Y. Herring has worked in librarianship for nearly
three decades. Prior to serving in Rock Hill, Herring
was Dean of Library Services at Oklahoma Baptist University,
and Library Director at King College in East Tennessee.
Herring’s most recent book, Fool’s Gold:
Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library was
released by McFarland in 2007. A poster from this book,
“Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library”
is now in more than 1,500 libraries in the U.S. and abroad.
His articles have appeared in American Libraries,
Library Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, College
and Research Library News, The Weekly Standard, Policy
Review, The Women’s Quarterly, Society, and
many others. His bachelor and master of library science
degrees are from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt
University and his doctorate degree is from East Tennessee
State University. Herring has two grown daughters and
lives in Rock Hill with his wife, Carol, a high school
English IB teacher.
The National Museum and Library Services
Board (NMLSB) is a twenty-four member advisory body that
includes the IMLS director and deputy directors for libraries
and museums and 20 presidentially-appointed and Senate-confirmed
members of the general public who have demonstrated expertise
in, or commitment to, library or museum services. Informed
by its collective experience and knowledge, the NMLSB
advises the IMLS director on general policy and practices,
and on selections for the National Medal for Museum and
Library Service. For more information about the National
Museum and Library Services Board visit the Institute’s
Web site at www.imls.gov/about/board.shtm.
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