[Libs-Or] New Director at Coos Bay Public!

[Ellen Thompson]

 Samantha "Sami" Pierson has been appointed as the new director at Coos 
 Bay Public Library, replacing retiring director Carol Ventgen. Sami 
 comes to Coos Bay from Libby, Montana, where she has been Library 
 Director of the Lincoln County Public Library since 2003. She has also 
 been an adjunct faculty member at Flathead Valley Community College and 
 a contract cataloger for the Montana Department of Transportation. In 
 addition, she has served on the Montana State Records Advisory Board, 
 and she is the recent past president of the Montana Library Association. 
 Sami earned a Master of Public History and Archives degree from Colorado 
 State University and a Masters of Library and Information Sciences from 
 the University of Southern Mississippi. She grew up in a rural area just 
 outside of Albany, OR, and she is making preparations to return to 
 Oregon with her family to start in her new position in January.
-- 
 Ellen Thompson, Assistant Library Director
 Coos Bay Public Library
 541.269.1101 x228