Renee Vaillancourt Named Feature Editor of Public Libraries
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 2000
FROM: KATHLEEN HUGHES
PLA COMMUNICATIONS MGR
312-280-4028
Renee Vaillancourt, Assistant Director, Missoula Public Library, Missoula, Montana, has been named feature editor of Public Libraries magazine. Vaillancourt, chosen by a search committee from a nation-wide pool of candidates, assumes her post with the March/April 2000 issue of the magazine. Public Libraries, published six times a year, is the official magazine of the Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association.
“Vaillancourt has the perfect combination of background, public library experience, and impressive writing credentials to help make Public Libraries even more important and relevant to public librarians,” said Harriet Henderson, PLA President. Vaillancourt comes to Public Libraries with extensive writing, editing and publishing experience, including having contributed to several professional publications, and having written the latest edition of Bare Bones Young Adult Services for the American Library Association.
In addition to her publishing experience, Vaillancourt has been active in a number of professional groups, including the American Library Association, the Public Library Association, the Young Adult Library Association, the Montana Library Association, and more. Before coming to the Missoula Public Library, Vaillancourt served as Young Adult Services Coordinator and Young Adult Librarian at the Carmel Clay Public Library, Carmel, Indiana, as Access Center Librarian (providing library service to people with disabilities) at the Boston Public Library, and as Children’s Librarian at the Lincoln Public Library, Lincoln, Rhode Island.
She received her M.S.L.S. from The Catholic University of America, and her B.A. in Comparative Literature–Literary Translation, from Brown University. Fluent in French, Italian, and American Sign Language, she also attended the University of Florence (Italy) and Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
For more information, please phone the Public Library Association.