PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County Library will host two open houses to give the public an opportunity to meet the final candidates for the library director position to replace outgoing director Meredith Wagner.
The first open house will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the library at 620 Cedar Ave. Library trustees will introduce Tamara Meredith, educational technology integration specialist at the University of Wyoming Extension.
Meredith holds degrees from Central Washington University, Indiana University and the University of North Texas and has 15 years of experience working in public, school and academic libraries.
She formally worked as a library director of a public library in Colorado and was the library department head for the University of Wyoming.
Meredith also has published work on how to deal with integrating new technologies into libraries through use and training.
The library will host another open house from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. this coming Tuesday for Kelly Skovbjerg, library director for the city of Boerne, Texas.
Skovbjerg has a bachelor’s degree in English from Southwestern University and a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of North Texas.
Previously Skovbjerg worked for 15 years for the Patrick Heath Public Library in Boerne, Texas, first as a reference librarian then as library director. She also led planning, funding and design efforts for a new library, which opened in June 2011.
Skovbjerg also has worked in academic and public libraries in Germany, Washington D.C. and San Antonio.
Meredith and Skovbjerg both hope to replace Wagner, who plans to retire.
Wagner has worked at the library for over 20 years. She began her career there in 1990 as assistant director under Ray Serebrin.
As director, Wagner has led the library through a remodel upgraded the book mobile, which serves the more rural areas of south and west Jefferson County.
Wagner has not set a date for retirement, saying she will work until the library trustees select a new director.
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Jefferson County Editor/Reporter Cydney McFarland can be reached at 360-385-2335, ext. 55052, or at cmcfarland@peninsuladailynews.com.
