August 8, 2009
After a nationwide search, the Library of Virginia announced through their online Library of Virginia e-newsletter that Suzy Szasz Palmer is the new deputy librarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia. She assumed her new duties July 10.
For the past two years, Suzy Szasz Palmer has served as director of the Library of Virginia Research and Information Services Division for the Library of Virginia. Prior to coming to the Library of Virginia, she was associate dean for collections, preservation, and digital initiatives at the University of Louisville. From 1979 through 2002, she held numerous positions in the Cornell University Library system, including head of public services for rare and manuscript collections, reference coordinator and bibliographer, and special project assistant to the deputy director of the Olin Library.
She is visible and active in the library profession nationally. Among the many current positions she holds are memberships on the editorial board of Microfilm & Imaging Review, secretary of the American Library Association (ALA) State Library Section of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies, chair of the hot topics in front line reference discussion group of the ALA Reference and User Services Association, chair of the publications committee of the Virginia Library Association, and president elect of the Richmond Academic Library Consortium.
She earned her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, in political philosophy and her master's in library science from Syracuse University.
For more information go to the Library of Virginia website at www.lva.virginia.gov
