Phoenicia Library Gets a New Director

The Phoenicia Library announced today that it has a new director. Here is a post by Judith Singer from the "Friends of Phoenicia Library" Facebook page. By the way, those of you in the valley who use the library might consider joining this group to keep updated with all the current news.

"Congratulations to the library and its patrons! We will have a new library director starting in mid-February, Tracy Priest. She is full of enthusiasm and energy, has great ideas, knows so much about building a good collection, grantwriting, budgeting, legal requirements for libraries, AND has the right personality to maintain the very special warm, welcoming and slightly quirky atmosphere of the Phoenicia Library.

The Director Search Committee searched long and hard to find just the right person. We received over thirty resumes, from as far away as Oregon. We studied the resumes and chose to interview about a third of the applicants, whose resumes showed the right qualifications. A few were asked back to a second interview, and they had an interview with the staff as well. Both the Search Committee and the staff thought Tracy was an outstanding candidate. The Board voted to offer her the job at its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, January 18."