For Immediate Release

The Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques Announces New Executive Director

(Ottawa, September 12, 2008) The Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques is pleased to announce the appointment of Kelly Moore to the position of Executive Director.

Kelly, a Canadian librarian, comes to the Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques from her position as Membership Manager for the International Federation of Library Associations in The Hague.

For the past eighteen months, Kelly has been seconded to Library and Archives Canada as a Special Projects Officer.

Kelly will come to the Canadian Library Association/ Association canadienne des bibliothèques on Monday, October 6^th and will take part in CLA’s Human Resource Summit to be held in Ottawa on October 6 – 7^th.

Kelly was selected after a summer-long search.  She will replace Don Butcher who leaves the Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques at the end of September.

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Contact: Ken Roberts, CLA President, kroberts@hpl.ca or (905) 546-3215
or Judy Green, CLA Manager, Marketing and Communications, jgreen@cla.ca
or 613-322-9625 ext 322