McKANE NAMED

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR
GRACE A. DOW MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Virginia McKane will join the City of Midland on Monday, Aug. 13 as the new assistant director for the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library.

McKane comes to Midland from the South Lansing Branch of the Capital Area District Library where she has been head librarian since 1998. Previous to that position, McKane was Children’s Coordinator and Head of the Children’s Department at the Carnegie Branch of the Jackson District Library in Jackson, Mich. and Library Support Specialist for the South Cedar Branch of the Lansing Public Library.

McKane earned a Bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Michigan State University and a Masters degree in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University.

As assistant library director, McKane will manage the Youth and Adult Services Departments; coordinate adult and youth programming, community communications and staff development; and will assume the duties and responsibilities for the operation of the library in the absence of the Library Director.

“We were all impressed with Virginia’s approachability, professionalism, management background and experience in children’s services,” said Grace A. Dow Memorial Library Director Melissa Barnard. “She’ll be a great asset to our team.”

A team of library and city employees conducted interviews and recommended McKane from a pool of 11 candidates who applied for the position.

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