Burmaster appoints new LSTA Advisory Committee

State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster announced new appointments to the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Committee. The new members are

Jan Adams, Media Specialist, CESA 10;
Roxane Bartelt, Head of Children's Services, Kenosha Public Library;
Jeff Gilderson-Duwe, Director, Oshkosh Public Library/Winnefox Library System;
Bea Lebal, Director, T.B. Scott Library, Merrill; and
Mildred McDowell, District Library Media Specialist, Milwaukee Public Schools.

Continuing members of the committee are Terrance Burton, Director, Ebling Library, UW-Madison; Paula Kiely, City Librarian, Milwaukee Public Library; Paul Onufrak, Automation Librarian, Eastern Shores Library System; Elizabeth Richmond, Associate Professor/Reference Librarian, UW-Eau Claire; Phyllis Davis, Director, South Central Library System; Terry Dawson, Director, Appleton Public Library; Jim Gingery, Director, Milwaukee County Federated Library System; Jane Pearlmutter, Associate Director, UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies; and Zora Sampson, Director, Library, Information, Instructional Technology, UW Barron County, Rice Lake.

Members on the committee serve staggered three-year terms. The committee advises the state superintendent and the Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning on the development of the long-range plan for the LSTA program, annual grant priorities and categories, and applications and recommendations for grant awards.

More information on the LSTA program is available at < http://dpi.wi.gov/pld/lsta.html >.

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Last updated on 4/2/2007