FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2005
CONTACT: Dan Roland (800) 552-4770
BY: Dan Roland

Patti Butcher Named South Carolina State Library Director – EMPORIA, KS

Patti J. Butcher, SLIM Class of 1993, has been named South Carolina State Library Director. She replaces Jim Johnson who retires the end of June

Butcher is currently library development coordinator at the Northeast Kansas Library System in Lawrence. She begins her new duties in South Carolina July 1. Educated at the Emporia State University School of Library & Information Management and the University of Kansas, Butcher has worked as director of library information technology at the Kansas State Library and as department head for reference and interlibrary loan at the Central Kansas Library System in Great Bend, Kansas.

Butcher was awarded the Kansas Library Association "President's Award to New Professional" in 1996. She is a member of the American Library Association, Kansas Library Association, Public Library Association, Mountain Plains Library Association and Beta Phi Mu. She has participated in numerous professional activities for library including serving as president and vice-president of the Kansas Library Association.

"Patti brings many qualities to the director's position," said B.G. Stephens, chairman of the Board of Trustees. "The board of trustees is confident that her expertise and experiences will be an asset to the South Carolina State Library and its employees."

The South Carolina State Library is located in Columbia, South Carolina and has served state employees, public libraries and citizens since 1929. It administers the DISCUS program, South Carolina's online electronic library and Talking Book Services for people with disabilities.

Ann Addy Public Relations Coordinator South Carolina State Library 803-734-4385 Email: addy@leo.scsl.state.sc.us

 

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