[rehab] Curt Cylke Retires

[David Andrews]

NLS Operations Alert
no. 11-12
DATE : March 2, 2011
TO : Network Libraries
FROM : Carolyn Hoover Sung
Subject : Retirement of Frank Kurt Cylke, Director of NLS
The following announcement came from Deanna Marcum, Associate 
Librarian of Congress for Library Services concerning the retirement 
of Frank Kurt
Cylke
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing with the news that Frank Kurt Cylke, longtime director 
of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically 
Handicapped (NLS), has
retired
from federal service effective February 28, 2011.
Mr. Cylke was appointed to the position of NLS director in 1973. 
Since that time he has led NLS in a career of committed and dedicated 
service to the
nation's libraries and to the blind and physically handicapped 
citizens of the United States.
On March 3, 2011, NLS will celebrate the 80th anniversary of its 
founding legislation. Tribute will be paid to Mr. Cylke's exceptional 
career and to his
leadership in accomplishing the transition from analog to digital 
technology in 2009 with the launch of the Digital Talking Book program.
I am pleased to announce that Ruth Scovill will serve as acting NLS 
director. Ms. Scovill will serve in this role during an interim 
period, while the position
of
NLS director is being posted and filled permanently through a 
nationwide search.
Ms. Scovill is the director of Technology Policy in Library Services 
at the Library of Congress. With extensive experience in information 
technology, and
a
knowledge and appreciation of NLS from her work in 2008 on a major 
study related to the development of the Digital Talking Book system, 
Ms. Scovill will
work to assure a smooth transition for NLS until a permanent director 
is appointed.
Special thanks to all of you for continuing your steadfast commitment 
to the mission of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped.
Sincerely,
Deanna
Deanna Marcum
Associate Librarian for Library Services
Telephone: 202-707-5917 E-mail:
dmarcum at loc.gov
For more information contact:
Carolyn Hoover Sung
Chief, Network Division
csun at loc.gov
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