[WLA-All] Justine Shaffner Joins BCR Staff as Public Library Market Coordinator

[Brandie Baumann]

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***

 

Justine Shaffner Joins BCR Staff as Public Library Market Coordinator

 

AURORA, CO, June 3, 2008 - Justine Shaffner has joined the staff at BCR.
Shaffner is filling a new position in BCR's Marketing & Outreach
department, reflecting BCR's renewed commitment to helping public
libraries perform at their very best. The new position reflects an
organization-wide move by BCR to develop programs and add focus to
specific library types in an effort to help devise solutions for the
unique challenges within each individual library market.  

 

As public library market coordinator, Shaffner hopes to help libraries
create innovative solutions for their most challenging problems. Of her
new position, Shaffner says, "BCR has solutions for many issues public
libraries encounter.  My goal is to talk to public libraries about their
biggest concerns and together we can craft solutions that really work. I
am excited to help BCR begin to hone its broad base of library knowledge
and expertise into a clear understanding and awareness of the needs of
specific library types."  As public library market coordinator, Shaffner
will be convening public library working groups to help inform BCR's
future products and services offerings.

 

In addition to her duties as public library market coordinator, Shaffner
will also be acting as project coordinator for PLINKIT, the multistate
cooperative that aims to help public libraries implement the open-source
software, Plone, to develop customized websites for their individual
libraries. 

  

Before joining BCR, Shaffner spent more than 10 years at the Douglas
County libraries in Colorado, first as reference librarian and then head
of Adult Services for the Philip S. Miller Library.  Previous to that,
Shaffner held the library director position for the Sandown Public
Library in Sandown, New Hampshire. In addition, she was chair of the
statewide AskColorado Steering Committee for six years which won the
AskCO Project of the Year award in 2004. She has a wealth of public
library experience, and BCR is excited to have such a strong advocate
for public libraries on the team.

 

BCR brings libraries together for greater success by expanding their
knowledge, reach and power. They offer a broad range of solutions and
their hands-on, personal attention to each member enables them to
deliver effective and timely solutions that help libraries keep pace
with new developments in technology and services. BCR is the nation's
oldest and most established multistate library cooperative. Since 1935,
the BCR team has helped libraries learn new skills, reach new customers,
increase productivity and save money. BCR (Bibliographical Center for
Research) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit headquartered in Aurora, Colorado. For
more information, visit http://www.bcr.org <http://www.bcr.org/>  or
email mailto:info at bcr.org.

 

 

Brandie Baumann

Communications Coordinator

BCR

14394 E. Evans Ave.

Aurora, CO 80014-1408

p: 303.751.6277 x110

    800.397.1552

f:  303.751.9787

e: mailto:bbaumann at bcr.org

http://www.BCR.org <http://www.bcr.org/>