Former SLA board member heads Cincinnati Library group

Information Outlook, Sept, 2004

Anne K. Abate has been named executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium.

For the last four years, Abate has been the director of marketing for a large government contractor. Anne has worked in a variety of library settings. She was the director of a large law firm library in Cincinnati and also held positions in academic, public, and corporate libraries in the Cincinnati area.

Abate has a master's degree in library science and a doctorate in computer technology in education. In addition to her work in libraries, she is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Kentucky School of Communications and Information Studies and at the Xavier University Department of Information Systems. She has been an active member of several professional associations, including the Special Libraries Association and American Association of Law Libraries. She served on the board of directors of SLA from 1997 to 1999. She is the chair of the Ohio Council of Libraries and Information Services.

The Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium is a cooperative of 44 academic, public, school, and special libraries organized to promote services among and through member institutions.