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Mark Parker Named Library Director for Placer County
Placer County hired a new Director of Library Services Tuesday, selecting a deputy director at the Sacramento Public Library whose 30-year career also includes a stint at the California State Library. County Executive Officer Jan Christofferson hired Mark Parker, long-time CLA member, to fill the top management post at the Placer County Library, and the County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to concur with her decision.
"We're pleased to hire someone with Mark's broad range of experience," Christofferson said. "Throughout his career, he has demonstrated leadership and administrative skills that will serve him well as director of our library system."
A resident of Smartville in Nevada County, Parker is scheduled to start his new job July 18. He will replace Elaine Reed, who retired this spring after 13 years as Placer County's Director of Library Services.
"I'm delighted to be here - it's a great opportunity," Parker said Tuesday. "I look forward to working with staff and the Friends of the Library support group to provide the best possible public service."
He currently is Deputy Director for Administrative Services at the Sacramento Public Library and was that library's deputy director responsible for the Information Technology Department from 1992-97. From 1998 to 2002, he worked as a consultant, assistant bureau chief and then chief of the Library Development Services Bureau at the State Library.
He started his career as a librarian at the Fresno County Free Library from 1975-82 and, from 1982-89, worked at the Mountain-Valley Library System, a network of libraries spread throughout Northern and Central California.
Parker has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree from the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. He has been a CLA member since 1977.
The Placer County Library has branch libraries in Auburn, Applegate, Colfax, Foresthill, Granite Bay, Kings Beach, Loomis, Meadow Vista, Penryn, Rocklin and Tahoe City. It also operates a law library in Auburn and a bookmobile that serves many small communities.
Posted on June 29, 2005 7:58 AM | Permalink