Who is the present director of Hennepin County Library ?”
She took the job in February. From the Star-Tribune: “The notion that libraries should be what they’ve always been must be questioned, new Hennepin County director says. By MARY JANE SMETANKA, Star Tribune Last update: February 22, 2009 – 1:03 PM Cheerleader, advocate, defender. They’re all part of the job of leading the state’s biggest public library system, but now new duties fall to the rookie director of the Hennepin County Library system: budget cutter and seer. Lois Langer Thompson, who started her new job last week, isn’t cowed by the job ahead. While cutting budgets isn’t something she likes, especially at a time when libraries are more popular than ever, she said she’s trying to use it as one tool to help reshape libraries for the 21st century. “Advocating for the library is a role I enjoy because I believe in it so much,” Thompson said. With a target of cutting a nearly $74 million budget by about 10 percent, “we have to put the customer first,” she said. “I’m hoping not to r
