Dear all, Dr Gopakumar V interviewed yet another expert for Open Interview https://openinterview.org/. He interviewed Mr Lance Werner http://lancewerner.com, a President candidate (2020-21) of American Library Association http://www.ala.org/ (ALA). Presently, Mr Werner is serving as Director of Kent District Library, U.S.A. and has successfully fought for libraries for almost two decades on a local and state level. Now he is eager to be a mentor and champion for library systems nationwide. The objective of this interview was twofold. First, to understand Mr Werner's vision for the ALA as its President candidate. Second, to know his views and ideas on varied issues and challenges concerned with the public libraries and library associations. Please visit the below link to access the entire interview transcript and share your comments: "Library associations need leaders with vision and the ability to inspire others effectively": Lance Werner https://openinterview.org/2019/03/30/lance-werner-library-associations-need-... You may also download the interview document attached herewith. Best regards, -- *Santosh C. Hulagabali https://santoshch.weebly.com/PhD* Moderator, Open Interview https://openinterview.org/ Librarian Nagindas Khandwala College* (Autonomous) Malad (W) | Mumbai-400 064 | India Tel: +91-22-2808 5424 | Extn.No.335/336 | Fax: 2865 0461 http://nkc.ac.in/ http://www.nkc.ac.in/ | https://coist.weebly.com/ **Affiliated to University of Mumbai | **Reaccredited 'A' Grade by NAAC | ISO 9001:2015* .................................................................................................................................... DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) & may contain confidential & privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail & discard all copies of the original message. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.