Ruth Copans, College Librarian at Skidmore College, has joined the NYSHEI Governing Board representing small & medium sized private institutions.
Ms. Copans started out as an English teacher, went to France and studied bookbinding and book conservation, and eventually got an MLS from University at Albany. She has done research and published in a variety of areas including The Guild of Women Bookbinders, Golden Age American Women Illustrators, Contemporary French Bookbinders, and Literary Society Libraries in American Colleges in the 19th Century, and Contemporary American Book Artists.
Ms. Copans succeeds NYSHEI Founding Board Member Rhonna Goodman of Manhattanville College on the Board. Copans joins Charling Fagan of Sarah Lawrence College and Beverly Marcoline of Utica College as representatives of the small and medium private colleges. Elected in 2009, her term ends in 2012.
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