Gov. Heineman Names New Appointment to Nebraska Library Commission

Gov. Dave Heineman recently appointed Michael LaCroix, of Omaha, to a three-year term on the Nebraska Library Commission. LaCroix is Director of the Reinert-Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. He formerly served as library director at Greensboro College and Wingate University in North Carolina, and at Albright College in Pennsylvania. He has served on the Nebraska State Advisory Council on Libraries—including a term as council chair—and also served on the North Carolina State Advisory Council on Libraries. LaCroix was elected to the board of directors of the American Library Association’s Association of College and Research Libraries and served as Nebraska’s representative to the Online Computer Library Center Member’s Council. LaCroix was formerly the treasurer of the Nebraska Library Association (NLA), and he chaired the NLA College and University section. As Nebraska’s state library agency, the Nebraska Library Commission is an advocate for the library and information needs of all Nebraskans. The mission of the Library Commission is statewide promotion, development, and coordination of library and information services-“bringing together people and information.”