RIVERSIDE REGIONAL LIBRARY HAS NEW DIRECTOR

Nancy Howland began work Jan.1, as the new director of Riverside Regional Library.

She moved here from Jefferson City where she worked at the Missouri State Library as the LSTA Federal Grants Administrator and State Data Coordinator.

She received her bachelors and masters degrees in Library

Science from Texas Women's University in Denton, Texas. She

has worked in public libraries in the Dallas area; Tucson, Arizona; and Hannibal, Missouri.

Howland has three grown sons and one granddaughter, all of whom live in the state.

The public is invited to come meet Howland.