New York State Library

Division of Library Development


Members of the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries

January 2008

Member (term expires)

Ms. Ellen Bach (2009)
Attorney
Whiteman, Osterman, & Hanna, LLP
One Commerce Plaza
Albany, NY 12260
(518) 487-7736 Fax: (518) 487-7777
E-mail: ebach @ woh.com

Ms. Mary Lou Caskey (2008) ††
Director, Mid-York Library System
1600 Lincoln Avenue
Utica, NY 13502
(315) 735-8328 Fax: (315) 735-0943
E-mail: mcaskey @ midyork.org

Mr. David S. Ferriero (2009) ††
Andrew W. Mellon Director and Chief Executive of the Research Libraries
The New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, Room 213
New York, NY 10018
(212) 930-0674 Fax: (212) 869-3567
E-mail: david @ nypl.org

Ms. Barbara R. Hamlin (2011)
107 Howell St.
Canandaigua, NY 14424
(585) 396-3191
E-mail: h107 @ frontiernet.net

Ms. Jill Hurst-Wahl (2012)
P.O. Box 2964
Syracuse, NY 13220
(315) 243-4403  Fax:  (309) 218-7312
E-mail:  Hurst @ HurstAssociates.com

Mr. Norman J. Jacknis (2009)
Chief Information Officer
Department of Information Technology
148 Martine Ave.
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 995-2976 Fax: (914) 995-2999
E-mail: norm @ jacknis.com

Ms. Sara Kelly Johns (2010)
Library Media Specialist
Lake Placid Middle/Sr. High School
250 Main St.
Lake Placid, NY  12946
(518) 523-2474, x4132  Fax:  (518) 523-4861
E-mail:  johns @ northnet.org

Mr. Timothy V. Johnson (2012) ††
Librarian for Africana Studies, Anthropology & Food Science
New York University Libraries
70 Washington Square Park
New York, NY 10012-1091
(212) 998-2436
E-mail: timothy.johnson @ nyu.edu

Ms. Lucretia McClure* (2011)
Special Assistant to the Director
Countway Library of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
10 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 432-2635 Fax: (617) 432-0693
E-mail: lucretia_mcclure @ hms.harvard.edu

Mr. Gerald Nichols (2012)
Director, Palmer Institute for Public Library Organization and Management
Long Island University; C.W. Post Campus
720 Northern Blvd.
Brookville, NY  11548-1300
(516) 299-2867  Fax:  (516) 299-4168
E-mail:  Gerald.Nichols @ liu.edu

Mr. Samuel L. Simon (2010)
Trustee, Ramapo Catskill Library System
2 Salisbury Point 6C
South Nyack, NY 10960
(845) 358-1825
E-mail: snesimon @ optonline.net

Ms. Carol Tauriello (2008) ††
Director, Erie 1 BOCES School Library System
355 Harlem Road
West Seneca, NY 14224
(716) 821-7070 Fax: (716) 821-7292
ctauriello @ e1b.org

* Chair
** Vice Chair (vacant)
††
members of the LSTA Committee; Mary Lou Caskey is Chair


Staff

Janet M. Welch, State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries
(518) 474-5930; fax (518) 486-6880
E-mail: jwelch2 @ mail.nysed.gov
Loretta Ebert, Director, New York State Library
(518) 473-1189; fax (518) 486-6880
E-mail: lebert @ mail.nysed.gov
Carol Desch, Coordinator, Statewide Library Services
(518) 486-4862; fax (518) 486-5254
E-mail: cdesch @ mail.nysed.gov
Linda Todd, LSTA Coordinator
(518) 486-4858; fax (518) 486-5254
E-mail: mtodd @ mail.nysed.gov
Joanne Shawhan, Associate in School Library Services                                  
(518) 474-5922
E-mail: jshawhan @ mail.nysed.gov 
 

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