Candidate Information for NELA Elections
2010 Election Results:
Vice President / President-Elect: Mary Ann List
Secretary: Kirsten Rundquist Corbett
Junior Director: Dianne Hathaway
- Vice President / President-Elect
- Secretary
- Junior Director
Candidate for Vice President / President-Elect
 Mary Ann List
Director, Portsmouth Public Library
175 Parrot Ave
Portsmouth, NH
- Resident of Portsmouth, NH
- Before going to Portsmouth in 2003, Mary Ann held positions as Director of the Amherst (NH) Town Library, Supervisor of Reference Services at the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody Massachusetts, Branch Manager in Peabody, and Outreach Librarian in Rockingham County North Carolina.
Education:
- MLIS, Library School at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
Offices:
- NELA
- Junior and Senior Director 1999-2001
- Conference Committee 1999-2002 and 2008-present
- NHLA
- Scholarship Committee 1997-present
- Chair 1997-2003
- Continuing Education Committee 1998-present
Professional Memberships:
Volunteer Library Activity:
- Chair of Building Committee for Bedford (NH) Public Library
- Foundation member, Bedford Public Library Foundation
- NHLA, NELA, LYRASIS conference presentations: Green Libraries
Awards:
- NH Library Trustee Association Librarian of the Year 1995
- Ann Geisel Award, NHLA 2007
Statement:
In these years of exploding opportunities for library service and imploding budgets, our library organizations have much to offer to library workers. Continuing education is vital to our keeping up with the changing needs of our constituents, and networking with colleagues is important for both our professional growth and our personal well-being.
NELA has just the perfect reach for those of us delivering library service in New England. Through NELA programs, conferences, and electronic communication tools, we can reach beyond our inner circles while exchanging ideas with and learning from colleagues who face opportunities and challenges similar to our own.
Duties of the Vice President / President-Elect:
Substitutes for the President in President's absence.
Becomes Acting President upon death, resignation, or other incapacity of the President.
Presides upon request of President if President wishes to step down from the chair.
Serves as a member of the Administrative Committee, Executive Board and Finance Committee.
As Chair of the annual conference, is in charge of Conference Planning Committee (responsible to the Executive Board).
As directed by President, meets with contractors and other officers to evaluate contractor responsibilities and performance.
Candidate for Secretary
 Kirsten Rundquist Corbett
Teen Services / Reference Librarian
Lane Memorial Library
Hampton, NH
Biographical Information:
I have lived in Utah, California, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Utah again, and now New Hampshire again. I always wanted to be a librarian, but my back-up plan was teaching. I decided to combine both worlds by becoming a YA Librarian. I earned my MLIS at URI in 2007, shortly before getting married in a castle in Scotland! I met my husband while we both worked at the Manchester City Library. I began working as the Teen Services Librarian at the Lane Memorial Library in 2007.
Education:
- H.S. Diploma Manchester High School West, Manchester, NH 1995
- B.A. in English University of New Hampshire 2004
- MLIS University of Rhode Island 2007
Employment History:
I was a Bridal Consultant before working at the Manchester City Library as first a part-time Circulation Clerk, then as a full-time Circulation Clerk, with the same responsibilities, as well as ILL, then as the Assistant Librarian in charge of Young Adult Services. I left MCL after I earned my MLIS and became the YA/Children's Librarian at Lane Memorial Library in Hampton, making the transition to YA/Reference in May 2009.
Professional Affiliations:
- NHLA and YALS
- NELA
- ALA
- YALSA
Statement:
I would love the opportunity to serve libraries in New England by serving as the NELA Secretary.
Duties of the Secretary:
- Serves as a member of the Administrative Committee and the Executive Board.
- Records minutes of all Administrative Committee and Executive Board meetings.
- Records minutes of annual business meeting.
- Prepares minutes for distribution or publication within 2 weeks.
Candidates for Junior Director
 Dianne Hathaway
Director
Goffstown Public Library
Goffstown, NH
- Dianne Hathaway is the Director of the Goffstown Public Library, Goffstown, NH, a position she began in January, 1999. She has also served as the Head of Reference and Adult Services at the Merrimack Public Library in Merrimack, NH, 1990-1998 and as the Librarian for Hesser College, 1983-1990.
Professional Service Highlights:
- President of GMILCS, Inc., a multi-type library consortium July, 2006-June, 2010
- Member of the NELA Conference Committee, 2000-present
- NHLA Exhibit Coordinator, 2007-present
- NHLA Secretary, 2004-2006
- Conference presenter for NHLA and NELA in the areas of marketing, customer service and outreach.
Graduate Education:
School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, 1988.
Professional Memberships:
Statement:
It never occurred to me to become anything but a librarian. I volunteered in my high school library and even my Bachelor’s Degree is in Library Science and Instructional Technology from Southern Connecticut State University. I passionately believe in the mission of libraries, now more than ever in the age of the Internet, a soft economy and competition from all manner of private sources. Libraries need to work together to improve our customer service and outreach within our communities and learn how to best market ourselves and our services to remain vital for the future. We need to mentor each other and strengthen our relationships so that we can advocate for ourselves at all times. I have been a long time, staunch supporter of NELA and NHLA and I’m committed to our professional organizations because they allow us to share our expertise and experience as well as promote the professionalism of librarianship. Our conferences, workshops and support of continuing education all help us to work together and advocate for our future. I believe as NELA Junior Director I can use my passion for the good of our organization and our libraries.
 Joseph Etter
- South Windsor, Connecticut
- Born Dearborn, Michigan. Parents (deceased), siblings (not). Wives, children, dog (not).
- B.A., Liberal Studies, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut.
- Employed Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Engineering Technician.
- My first job (age 14): Library Page, 80¢ per hour. Wages better now.
- Civic Activities: Board of Directors, South Windsor Public Library; Connecticut Association for the Gifted; Board of Education, South Windsor, Connecticut; Republican Town Committee, South Windsor, Connecticut.
- NELA member.
Statement:
The mission of the New England Library Association is to provide educational and leadership opportunities for library staff in support of improved library services for the people of New England.
– NELA Bylaws
In the interests of full disclosure, I start with a confession. For years I have engaged in a marital relationship with a former NELA president. However, unlike many of the celebrities whose woes are thrust into our lives, I do not consider an apology is necessary, or even warranted. I’m in love, and that’s all there is to be said on the subject. So, to move on …
As a NELA Director in times of limited resources and declining membership, I will assiduously support expending our time, talent and treasure on those activities, new and existing, that further NELA’s stated mission. I will just as vigorously oppose those activities, new and existing, that do not.
Duties of the Junior Director:
Note: The Junior Director serves a two-year term, the first year designated "Junior Director", and the second year designated "Senior Director".
Shall be responsible for the sections and special interest groups. The Directors will orient new section and special interest group chairs to the workings of the Association and the Executive Board, serve in a coordinating and advisory capacity to the sections and special interest groups, and serve as liaison between section and special interest group chairs and the Executive Secretary, as needed. The first year of the term the director is designated Junior Director. The second year of the term the director is designated Senior Director.
Directors serve as members of the Administrative Committee and the Executive Board.
Perform such special duties at the annual conference and during Association year as are assigned by the President.
Serve on Conference Planning Committee.
The Senior Director maintains the Policy and Procedure Manual by tracking changes throughout the year, bringing a list of actual and proposed changes to the Administrative Committee in August for discussion and submitting the accepted changes to the Executive Secretary for revision of the manual in September.
The Junior Director arranges one program to be sponsored by NELA at the annual conference of each of the six New England state library associations by bringing proposed ideas to the Executive Board in July.
The Junior Director assists the Senior Director in tracking proposed manual changes and communicating with sections and committees.
The Directors will communicate and meet with each Section and Committee as necessary.
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