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Holly Henley
Division Director
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Holly Henley
Holly Henley joined the Arizona State Library’s Library Development Division in 2004 after working in the Kyrene School District in Tempe as a Teacher-Librarian and Assistant Principal. Prior to that, she was a full-time mom to her two sons and volunteered at their schools, serving on the Kyrene Community Foundation Board, as president of the Parent-Teacher Organization, and as an Art Masterpiece guide. She had started her career as a Children’s Librarian in a public library in her home state of Virginia and then became manager of the bookmobile. Holly earned her B.A. in French and Secondary Education from the University of Richmond and her M.L.S. from the University of Maryland in College Park.
As an LDD consultant, Holly serves as the liaison for teacher-librarians and youth services librarians in public libraries. In December 2005, she began managing the Carnegie Center and became Director of the Arizona State Library Center for the Book. The Carnegie Center hosts training events for the State Library and offers meeting facilities to state agencies and non-profit organizations. Building a New Generation of Readers, the Arizona Reading Program, ONEBOOKAZ, and Letters About Literature are several of the Arizona Center for the Book's programs that promote reading and literacy.
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Dale Savage
Dale Savage is the Continuing Education Consultant at the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records where he works with programs such as the Leadership Academy, Library Institute, Webjunction, and Library Practitioner Certification. Previously Dale served as the La Paz County Librarian and Director of the Parker Public Library, a Library Journal 5-Star library.
Prior to becoming a librarian, Dale was a linguist anthropologist for 25 years having worked with ethnolinguistic minority groups and consulting in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. He holds degrees from Dallas Baptist University (BCA in Applied Linguistics), the University of Texas at Austin (MA in Sociolinguistics), and the University of Arizona (MA in Information Resources and Library Science).
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Laura Stone
Laura Stone is the Grants Administrator at the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, where she coordinates Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants; the State Grants-in-Aid program; and public library statistics. She has previously worked as the program director at the Arizona Humanities Council, and at the Casa Grande Valley Historical Society, leaving that small museum as the executive director. Laura is a graduate of the University of Arizona (BA in journalism), Arizona State University (MA in history); and the University of Arizona School of Information Resources And Library Science (Master of Arts in Information Resources and Library Science).
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Mary Villegas
Mary Villegas has a Bachelor of Science in Finance (Arizona State University), Juris Doctor (Arizona State University) and is currently pursuing her Masters in Library Science degree at the University of Arizona. She has been involved in the telecommunications industry for over 9 years and has worked for several local telecommunications companies including one owned and operated by a Tribal community in eastern Arizona. She has also worked with the Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs as a Business development representative. She has also taught Indian Law at a local community college.
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Project Specialist
Chris Guerra
Chris Guerra is the Project Specialist for the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. New to libraries, Chris came aboard in December of 2010 in order to handle procurement for the BTOP 2 grant. Since then he has expanded his role to helping with the Arizona Public Library Statistics alongside Laura Stone, as well as testing and implementing new technology for the Library Development Division.
Previously Chris was employed by the U.S. Census Bureau as a Field Operations Supervisor then Junior Regional Technician during the decennial Census. Before that he worked for 6 years as a Land Surveyor here in Arizona. Originally from Maryland, Chris is an avid technology enthusiast who hopes to bring his passion and expertise to the Arizona library system.
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Program Specialist
Irene Garnett
Irene supports adult services and coordinates the ONEBOOKAZ program as well as other special events for the State Library. She joined the Agency as Program Specialist after overseeing the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant on contract as the project manager.
Irene received her B.A. from New York University and her MLIS from Drexel University. Previously, she interned in the Research and Instructional Services department of the University of Pennsylvania’s library, and worked as a legal assistant in the Digital Media department of MTV Networks.
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Administrative Support Staff
Michael Girod
Mike is the Carnegie Center Meeting Room Coordinator and building Security Guard. Mike works on setting up the building for continuing education events, meetings, and helps as needed with LDD projects. Make says he enjoys watching sports, grilling out, church events and spending time with his two girls. Mike is a big Oklahoma Sooners, Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Diamondbacks fan. Mike has been in the security field for 10 years and says he very much enjoys his job and the people he works with.
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Carol Tapia
Carol supports all the consultants in all their projects/programs. She has worked in a variety of places in the agency and always distinguished herself as someone who can get things done.
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Intern
Stefanie Nugent
Stefanie Nugent is the Library Development Division Intern at the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records and works with a variety of programs including Library Institute and Books for Arizona Libraries. She received her B.A. in Cultural Geography from Arizona State University and her MLS from the University of Arizona. She also has experience in archival work as an Archives Intern at the George H.W. Bush Library and Museum in Texas and currently volunteers at the Arizona State Archives and Public Records.
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