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Janice Young has been elected the 2020-21 President-Elect of the Association of Specialized, Government and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASGCLA). Young will serve her Presidential term during 2021-22.

Janice is the Library Director at the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office located in Washington, DC. She’s a proven leader in librarianship with a robust career working in traditional and specialized libraries, and federal agencies, over the past two decades. Janice received her undergraduate degrees in Communications and Sociology and minor in Art History from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, a Master of Education from Regis University and a Master of Library Science from Texas Woman’s University.

Other individuals elected to begin ASGCLA leadership roles, in the Summer of 2020, include:

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

Stephen Spohn

Executive Director, Ocean State Libraries

DESIGNATED DIRECTOR, ARMED FORCES LIBRARIES

Adria Olmi

Supervisory Librarian, Army Logistics University

DESIGNATED DIRECTOR, LIBRARY COOPERATIVES

Brenda Bailey-Hainer

Executive Director, ATLA

DESIGNATED DIRECTOR, STATE LIBRARIES

Mary Soucie

State Librarian, North Dakota State Library

DESIGNATED DIRECTOR, UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS

Mike Marlin

Director, Braille and Talking Book Library California State Library