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May 29, 2007
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Senate Confirms President’s Nominees to
National Museum and Library Services Board
Washington, DC--The U.S.
Senate confirmed three presidential nominees to serve
as members of the National Museum and Library Services
Board May 25, 2007. The board advises the Institute of
Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an independent federal
agency that is the primary source of federal support for
the nation's museums and libraries.
“I expect these outstanding new board
members, with their wide array of experience, to make
significant contributions to the National Museum and Library
Services Board,” said the Institute’s Director
Anne-Imelda M. Radice. “Our board does much to enhance
IMLS’ ability to support the nation’s museums
and libraries.”
 Douglas
G. Myers, Chief Executive Officer, Zoological Society
of San Diego – Since 1985, Douglas Myers
has been the chief executive officer of the Zoological
Society of San Diego. Previously, he was the deputy director
of operations for both the San Diego Zoo and the Wild
Animal Park in 1983, responsible for short- and long-range
planning for both facilities, as well as management of
the society’s education, merchandising, public relations,
and marketing efforts. Myers is the President of the Balboa
Park Cultural Partnership, board member of the American
Association of Museums, a member of the California Association
of Zoos and Aquariums, and the Conservation Breeding Specialists
Group Steering Committee. He is also a fellow of the American
Zoo and Aquarium Association and the World Association
of Zoos and Aquariums. Myers has served as chairman of
the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, the San Diego
Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Advisory Council
of the Museum Trustee Association.
 Jeffrey
H. Patchen, D.M.E., President and CEO, The Children’s
Museum of Indianapolis –
Since 1999, Jeffrey Patchen has directed the Children’s
Museum of Indianapolis, the world’s largest children’s
museum. It is one of the few museums in the United States
with a free, full-service public library fully-integrated
into the visitor experience. From 1996 to 1999, Patchen
served as senior program officer for national programs
for the Getty Education Institute for the Arts in Los
Angeles. Previously, he served as the Lyndhurst Endowed
Chair of Excellence in Arts Education at the University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he directed the Southeast
Center for Education in the Arts, one of the nation’s
largest professional development programs for K-12 teachers
and administrators. He also served as a consultant and
founding trustee for the Creative Discovery Museum in
Chattanooga, TN. A champion of the role of the arts and
humanities in general education, Patchen has held leadership
positions in the Association of Children’s Museums,
the National Network for Educational Renewal, the National
Council for State Music Consultants, and the Music Educators
National Conference.
 Lotsee
Patterson, Ph.D., Professor in the School of Library and
Information Studies at the University of Oklahoma –
Lotsee Patterson, Ph.D., professor in the School of Library
and Information Studies at the University of Oklahoma,
was born and raised in rural southwestern Oklahoma. A
member of the Comanche Nation, she credits her experience
growing up in Indian country with developing her passion
for libraries and library services for Native Americans.
She is a recipient of the Oklahoma Library Association’s
highest honor receiving their Distinguished Service Award
and being designated by this association as a Library
Legend. Patterson has also been honored for her work with
tribal libraries and for recruiting and mentoring American
Indian librarians by the American Library Association.
Patterson’s research interests focus on library
and information services to indigenous populations. In
this context she has been an invited presenter at symposia
and conferences throughout the United States and in Sweden,
New Zealand, Ukraine and Canada. She has been a visiting
scholar at the University of British Columbia and a visiting
lecturer at the University of Maryland. She has served
as consultant to the National Commission on Libraries
and Information Studies, as well as many universities,
publishers and organizations. Most recently she was a
senior advisor to the Smithsonian’s National Museum
of the American Indian.
The National Museum and Library Services
Board (NMLSB) is a twenty-four member advisory body that
includes the IMLS director and deputy directors for libraries
and museums, the chair of the National Commission on Libraries
and Information Science, and twenty presidentially appointed
and Senate-confirmed members of the general public who
have demonstrated expertise in, or commitment to, library
or museum services. Informed by its collective experience
and knowledge, the NMLSB advises the IMLS director on
general policy and practices, and on selections for the
National Awards for Museum and Library Services. For more
information about the National Museum and Library Services
Board visit the Institute’s Web site at www.imls.gov/about/board.shtm.
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