Norwood Library Director Elected to State Board

Charlotte Canelli, Director of the Morrill Memorial Library, has been elected to the Executive Board of the Massachusetts Library System (MLS) for a three-year term, 2012-2014.

MLS is a state-supported collaborative, fostering cooperation, communication, innovation, and sharing among member libraries of all types within the Commonwealth. Currently over 1,700 libraries of all size and types benefit from MLS services such as: delivery of materials between libraries, cooperative buying discount program, subscriptions to online materials, and continuing education opportunities for library staff.

The Executive Board provides a voice for the library community while providing direction to MLS, and focuses the organization’s energies to promote equitable access to excellent library services and resources for all who live, work, or study in Massachusetts.

Canelli‘s contributions to the Executive Board will be especially valuable because she was a past member of the Executive Board of the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (2006-2008) and the Executive Board of the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System (2008-2010). She has also served on a number of the state and regional committees and task forces for library services in Massachusetts, including an appointment to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners Public Relations Advisory Committee. In addition to holding her MLS (master’s degree in library science), Canelli received the designation of Certified Public Library Administrator from the American Library Association Allied Professional Association in 2011.