SUSAN HILDRETH BRIDGING LIS AND PRACTICE

摘要

As the inaugural Distinguished Practitioner in Residence (Professor of Practice) at the University of Washington Information School (UW iSchool), Susan Hildreth contributes a wealth of experience to her role connecting academia with the public library field. Hildreth stepped into the two-year position, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in August 2016 and has been teaching, helping develop the curriculum, and conducting research on the future of libraries ever since. Hildreth, a former city librarian in Seattle and San Francisco and state librarian of California, served from 2011 to 2015 as director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and went on to head the Peninsula Library System, Pacific Library Partnership, and Califa Library Group in San Mateo, CA. She currently serves as American Library Association (ALA) treasurer and an Aspen Institute Fellow.