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Mr. Lawrence Grieco

Gilpin County Public Library

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Gilpin County Public Library

Lawrence Grieco

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I am retired since 2016 from the directorship of the Gilpin County Public Library in Black Hawk, Colorado. The following is a list of some of my past accomplishments and memberships in the library field. 
  1. American Library Association
  2. Member, Rural Library Services Committee, 2004 to 2009  (Chair, 2005-2007)
  3. Member, Intellectual Freedom Round Table Nominating

Committee, 2007-08, and reappointed 2008-09

  1. Member, Public and Cultural Programs Advisory Committee, 2012 to 2014 (beginning July 1, 2012)
  2. Chair, Loleta D. Fyan Award Jury, 2010 to August, 2016
  3. Member, EBSCO Award Jury, beginning July 1, 2015 to                               
  4. Association for Rural and Small Libraries
  5. Member, Board of Directors, 2007-2012
  6. Member, 2008, 2009, and 2010 Annual Conference Committee
  7. Chair, Membership Development Committee, 2008.
  8. Gilpin County Educational Foundation, Board of Directors, 2009 to 2014.
  9. Advisor, Pushing the Limits, a project out of Dartmouth College, funded by the National Science Foundation, to offer informal math and science education in rural libraries through reading, viewing and discussion series, 2010 to 2014
  10. Advisor, National Impact of Library Public Programs Assessment, a project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, to assess the impact of public programs in the nation’s libraries. Administered by the ALA Public Programs Office and the New Knowledge Institute, 2014.