SLRLN ELECTION
FY 2023 COUNCIL CANDIDATES
Paula Albers- Webster University Paula Albers is currently serving on the SLRLN Council and is running for re-election. She has served on the SLRLN council since 2019. Paula is the Electronic Resources Librarian at Webster University and serves as the liaison to the English Department and Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Paula has a degree in Classics and an MLIS from the University of Illinois and Urbana-Champaign. Her favorite parts of her job are helping users to access library resources, troubleshooting technical problems, and teaching instruction sessions. She is an animal lover with three dogs at home, enjoys playing video games, and has a wide range of crafting skills. |
Heather Arnold - Kirkwood Public Library Heather Arnold is the ILS administrator for the Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County, where she has worked for over five years. She earned her MLIS from Mizzou in 2017 and has worked in most of the jobs that a library can offer from shelving, circulation, and reference, to administration. Heather has a passion for database cleanup, Excel spreadsheets, and e-resource collection development. She lives in St. Louis City with a feisty dog who enjoys interrupting Zoom calls. Heather would be representing Kirkwood Public Library on the Council if elected. |
Brenda Rahmoeller - Jefferson County Public Library
Brenda Rahmoeller graduated with her Masters in Library Science from Emporia State University in December 2016. She has worked at the Northwest Branch of Jefferson County Public Library for 4 years. She is a dog lover, having rescued all three of her dogs, and works part-time at an animal hospital.
Paul Schroeder - Scenic Regional Library Paul Schroeder is currently the Collection Development and Interlibrary Loan Manager for the Scenic Regional Library system. He earned his Master's in Library and Information Science from Rutgers University. Prior to relocating to the St. Louis area in 2015, he was the Head of Adult Services for the Bound Brook Branch of the Somerset County Library System in New Jersey. His responsibilities included overseeing reference services, collection development, and adult programming. He was an active members of the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA), serving a two-year terms as a member-at-large of the NJLA Executive Board, and serving as Vice-President, President, and member-at-large of the NJLA Reference Section. His responsibility in these roles was planning programs for the NJLA annual conference, as well as coordinating educational programs and networking events throughout the year for reference and adult service librarians across New Jersey. |