{"id":1745,"date":"2019-02-20T02:47:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T01:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2019-02-25T00:05:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T23:05:26","slug":"meet-the-candidates-kent-oliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/2019\/02\/20\/meet-the-candidates-kent-oliver\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the candidates: Kent Oliver"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Kent Oliver<\/strong>
\nLibrary Director<\/strong>
\nNashville Public Library<\/strong>
\nUSA<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am thrilled to be to be nominated by the Public Library Association of the American Library Association (ALA) for IFLA\u2019s Public Libraries Standing Committee.\u00a0 It has been my privilege to participate as a member volunteer and leader with ALA at many levels. \u00a0Part of my ALA experience \u00a0includes serving as an ALA Executive Board Member, Chapter Councilor, Council Committee Chairs (most recently the Committee on Legislation) and as President of our associated organization, the Freedom to Read Foundation.\u00a0 These and other roles provide me insight into the breadth and scope of issues impacting our profession and librarians.\u00a0 Issues such as copyright, human rights, intellectual freedom, information access and public facilities development are certainly not United States centric and should never be considered as such.<\/p>\n

My entire professional library career has been as a public librarian.\u00a0 I am currently the Library Director of the Nashville (TN) Public Library, 2017 Library Journal Library of the Year.\u00a0 Prior to joining Nashville I was the Director of the Stark County (OH) Library District (SCDL) in Canton Ohio. SCDL was a winner of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service during my tenure.<\/p>\n

I believe the common threads for successful public library services worldwide are collaboration, innovation, advocacy and engaging community and national challenges.\u00a0 Becoming part of a committee in an organization such as IFLA requires a set of association skills and values.\u00a0 Those include civility, inclusiveness, respect for process and thoughtfulness. I would bring all of these to the table and embrace the opportunity to contribute to my profession at the global level.<\/p>\n

For more information about voting for members of the Public Libraries Standing Committee take the time to read our\u00a0post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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