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New Deputy Director of the CH-UH Public Library Starts Today

Kimberlee DeNero-Ackroyd has lived in Cleveland Heights for the past decade and looks forward to serving her community

The new deputy director for Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library started today.

But Kimberlee DeNero-Ackroyd has some history with the — in 2002 she worked as a substitute librarian, and she’s lived in Cleveland Heights for the past decade.

“I’ve been a resident of Cleveland Heights for ten years, and I love living here,” she said in a press release from Heights Libraries. “That gives me a great understanding of the diversity of our community and the wide-ranging needs of our citizens. I’ll essentially be working in my own backyard—our patrons are my neighbors, and I’m looking forward to helping our staff bring them great service.”

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DeNero-Ackroyd's salary is $63,000 per year.

Before taking the role at CH-UH, she was library manager at the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library. She also worked in the adult services department at the Shaker Heights Public Library from 2003 to 2008.

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“She has been working in the library field for 19 years and has worked for six public library systems in Ohio, as well as the Austin Public Library in Texas and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in North Carolina,” Heights Libraries wrote in the press release.

She has worked in several library departments as well, serving as a law and adult librarian, a youth services assistant and she’s worked in circulation.

DeNero-Ackroyd is serving a two-year appointment on the Public Library Association's 2012 Conference Programming Committee, and also chaired PLA's Public Library Systems committee for three years. She has a bachelor's degree in English from The Ohio State University and received her master's in library and information science from the University of Texas at Austin. 

“People from other parts of Ohio are always amazed by Heights Libraries’ collections, program offerings and services,” she said. “This is a truly special library system, and I’m happy to be a part of it.”


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