Partners
Librarians from around the state have worked together to transform New Mexico, to help our communities to learn, to teach, to grow, and how to succeed and realize their dreams. Our goal is to share these initiatives with our leaders, communicate all we could be doing with improved support, and encourage them to support a better future for our state knowing that libraries are a core piece of this transformation.
A special thank you to the New Mexico Libraries Assessment Task Force for their involvement in planning and executing the assessment, to the conference planning committee for bringing so many community leaders together and facilitating the conversations. Transformation truly is a collaborative effort.
Conference Planning Committee
Marian Royal Vigil, Albuquerque Public Schools; New Mexico Library Foundation, Board of Trustees; Committee Chair
Pat Hodapp, Santa Fe Public Libraries
Linda Keulen, Albuquerque Public Schools
Janice Kowemy, Laguna Public Library
Lynette Schurdevin, Rio Rancho Public Libraries; New Mexico Library Association
Dean Smith, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Libraries
Kat Gullahorn, International School at Mesa del Sol; New Mexico Library Foundation
Gail Hannigan, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center
Ken Holmes, Los Alamos Public Schools
Josh Benjamin, Albuquerque Public Schools
Cindy Pierard, University of New Mexico Libraries
Jaqueline Dean, Las Cruces Public Schools
Kim Baraney, Las Cruces Public Schools
Lori Mitchell, Carlsbad Public Schools
Tina Glatz, Las Cruces Public Schools
LIBRARY ADVOCATES
Amigos
Bound to Stay Bound
Follett School Solutions
Goodmans Interior Structures
Innovative Interfaces Inc
New Mexico School Products
Permabound
NM Libraries Assessment Task Force
Carol Hoover, Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library; New Mexico Library Foundation; Task Force Co-Chair
Mike Delello, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs; Task Force Co-Chair
Rachel Altobelli, Albuquerque Public Schools,
Ruben Aragon, New Mexico Highlands University
Karla Hunt, Fort Sumner Public Library; Public Libraries Committee of the New Mexico Municipal League
David Hurley, University of New Mexico; New Mexico Library Foundation
Janice Kowemy, Laguna Public Library
Lou Lafrado, L&D Associates Consulting Group; New Mexico Library Foundation
Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer, New Mexico State Library
Joy Poole, New Mexico State Library
Marian Royal Vigil, Albuquerque Public Schools; New Mexico Library Foundation
Edward Sandoval, New Mexico Legislator, Retired
Chris Schipper, San Juan College; New Mexico Library Foundation
Cynthia Shetter, Los Lunas Public Library; Legislative Committee of the New Mexico Library Association
Penny Hummel, Library Consultant, Hummel Consulting
LIBRARY FANATICS
Albuquerque Public Library Foundation
Friends of Roswell Public Library
Friends of the Library of Rio Rancho
Las Cruces Friends Group
New Mexico Consortium of Academic Libraries
New Mexico Library Association
RMKM Architects
Santa Fe Public Library - Friends
Follett School Solutions
Event Sponsors
New Mexico Library Foundation
New Mexico State Library
Thank you to Follett School Solutions
for printing the program
Thank you to Brindle Foundation for your support of Early Childhood Education
LIBRARY SUPPORTERS
AWE Learning
Brainfuse
Capstone / Coughlan Companies
Cherry/See/Reames Architects, P.C.
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
Friends of Los Alamos County Libraries
Gale Cengage
Mackin
Native American Libraries SIG(NMLA)
Proquest
Unique Management
LIBRARY VISIONARIES
Biblionix
Brindle Foundation
Doris Walbridge Foundation
Friends for the Public Library (Albuquerque)
McCune Foundation
New Mexico Library Foundation
New Mexico State Library
LIBRARY HEROS
The “Being a Librarian has been Good to Me” challenge was issued in August 2016. New Mexico Librarians were invited to support the Libraries Transform New Mexico Conference through personal donations of $1.00 for every year of service as a librarian. The following people took the challenge and generated a significant donation!
Alana McGrattan
Andrea Corvin
Bradley Carrington
Cecilia Stafford
Gale Hannigan
Jackie Dean
Jeanette C. Smith
Joe Sabatini
John Vazquez
Julia Kelso
Kate Skinner
Kim Barany
L. Scott Sheldon
Lacey
Linda Keulen
Pat Hodapp
Patricia Hodapp
Paula Dowding
Selma Benjamin
Sharon Amastae
Sharon Jenkins
Susan M. Sheldon