Jayme Anderson has been hired as the new children’s librarian for Milton Public Library, MA. She was previously an elementary school teacher at Wilson Elementary School, Janesville, WI.
Patricia Flatley Brennan will assume the role of director of the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, in August. She was previously Lillian L. Moehlman Bascom Professor at the School of Nursing and College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Lance Chaffee, director, Olean Public Library, NY, retired at the end of May after 34 years of public service.
Kim DiLego, longtime Youth Services Librarian, was promoted to a combined position of assistant director and reference librarian at the North Adams Public Library, MA, effective May 9.
Former councilman Jason Kim resigned as deputy library director of Palisades Park Library, NJ, effective May 27. He was appointed to the position in January 2014.
Julie Milavec will become director of the Downers Grove Public Library, IL, beginning August 1. She was previously director of the Plainfield Public Library, IL, since 2000.
Freelance writer and editor Karen Schneider was recently named the new director of Cundy’s Harbor Library, Harpswell, ME.
Christian Zabriskie was appointed Branch Administrator, Yonkers Public Library, NY, effective early June. He previously worked at Queens Library, NY, for almost nine years and was a 2012 LJ Mover & Shaker.
Simmons College School of Library and Information Science, Boston, welcomes new faculty members Colin Rhinesmith, Faculty Research Fellow at the Benton Foundation, and Rebecka Sheffield , Executive Director and Archives Manager at the Canadian Gay & Lesbian Archives, effective July 1.