Amigos Board Announces Election Results, Selects Officers for 2013-14

Amigos Library Services is pleased to announce the following individuals have been elected to new three-year terms on the Amigos Board of Directors:

• Ms. Polly Boruff-Jones, Director of Library & Information Services, Drury University, Springfield, MO
• Ms. Gretchen McCord, Attorney and Consultant, Digital Information Law, Austin, TX, Independent Director
• Mr. Steve Potter, Library Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, MO

Mr. Art Lichtenstein, Library Director, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, was re-elected to a second three-year term.

They join returning Board members:

• Mr. Oliver Delaney, Oklahoma City, OK, Independent Director
• Ms. Shirley Dickerson, Library Director, R. W. Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
• Ms. Jennifer Goodson, Library Director, Fort Smith Public Library, Ft. Smith, AR
• Mr. Bill Hair, Associate Professor for Archival Management W.R. Poage Legislative Library, Baylor University, Waco, TX
• Ms. Polly McCord, Graduate Research Librarian, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
• Mr. Craig Stephenson, City Manager, City of Ponca City, OK, Independent Director
• Ms. Carla Stoffle, Dean, University Libraries and Center for CreativePhotography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Ms. Martha Bedard, Dean of University Libraries at the University of New Mexico's Zimmerman Library, has been appointed by the Board to serve in the absence of Director Dr. Anne Prestamo, Oklahoma State University. Dr. Prestamo resigned from the Board after accepting a position at a non-member library. Ms. Bedard will serve as an appointed Director during FY2014.

Board officers for 2013-14 are:

• Mr. Delaney, Chair
• Mr. Lichtenstein, Vice Chair
• Ms. Goodson, Secretary
• Ms. Polly McCord, Treasurer