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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Congratulations to my best friend, Jennifer Roth, on being named Interim Director of the
</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">William P. Faust Public Library of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Westland.</span><br>
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<b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);">October 6, 2020</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);"> - The Westland Library
Board has appointed Jennifer Roth to serve as the interim Library Director, which was recently vacated by previous director, Ishwar Laxminarayan, who served from June 2018 to September 2020 and resigned earlier this month citing personal reasons. Roth's appointment
is effective as of October 5, 2020.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);">Prior to her appointment, Roth served for three years as the Head of Information Services for the Westland Public Library. She has over 17 years in the field
of library services, having formerly worked in libraries in Flint and Hartland. Roth graduated from Wayne State University with a Masters Degree in Library Information Science (MILS) in 2003. She is a member of the American Library Association as well as the
Michigan Library Association, where she serves on the Planning Committee.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);">"I am excited for Jennifer as she steps into her new role at the Westland Library," commented Mayor Wild. "Throughout her employment she truly excelled at
increasing innovation and access to technology for library patrons and has expanded programming geared towards adults of all ages."</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);">Roth was selected unanimously by the Westland Library Board and was also highly recommended for the position by the former Library Director.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", sans-serif; color: rgb(64, 63, 66);">"I am excited to take on this new position," commented Roth. "It has been an honor to be involved in the progress at the library over the past three years
and I look forward to continuing that progress alongside our talented staff as we continue to navigate through these challenging times."</span></p>
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