Contact Administration
Name: Elizabeth Dailey
Title: Executive Director
E-mail: director@onlib.org
Phone: 315-435-1800
Professional Memberships: New York Library Association; Public Library Association;
American Library Association
Education: BA - SUNY Binghamton; MLS Rutgers University
Previous Positions: Director, Liverpool Public Library 2002-2008.
Service with Onondaga County Since: 1991
Message: The mission of Onondaga County Public Library is to make a positive difference in every life we touch by putting the power of ideas and information to work for all. My work as a librarian and as an administrator is completely focused on this mission. Please contact me with suggestions, questions or concerns about the library services you receive in Onondaga County. I look forward to hearing from you!
Name: Elizabeth A. Loftus
Title: Administrator for Branch Services
E-mail: eloftus@onlib.org
Phone: 315-435-1800
Professional Memberships: Public Library Association,
American Library Association
Education: MLS - Syracuse University, 1979. BA - Syracuse University, 1978.
Previous Positions: Branch Manager at Soule and Mundy Branches, 1996-2004 - Adult Services Librarian at Mundy and Soule Branches, 1985 -1995 - Reference and Art and Music Librarian at OCPL Central, 1980-1985.
Service with Onondaga County Since: 1980
Details: Administrator for Branches since February 2004. Responsible for planning, directing and coordinating operations of the eight branch libraries and two community center libraries. This includes overseeing budget allocations for staffing, materials, equipment and program resources. In addition to the branch managers, she also supervises the six full-time floating staff.
Coordinates adult programming including the Banned Books Week Event Committee, CNY Reads and the Senator DeFrancisco Library Grant Program.
Name: Sally Carmer
Title: Director of Administrative Services
E-mail: scarmer@onlib.org
Phone: 315-435-1800
Professional Memberships: American Society for Public Administration
Education: BS in Business, Management and Economics -
Empire State College
Previous Positions: Senior Management Analyst - Onondaga County Division of Management and Budget - September 1994 - April 1999. Management Analyst - Onondaga County Division of Management and Budget - January 1990 - September 1994. Capital Program Analyst - Onondaga County Division of Management and Budget - July 1984 - January 1990
Service with Onondaga County Since:1982
Details: Prepares OCPL’s annual operating and capital budget requests and, with the Library Director, presents them to the Board of Trustees and the County Legislature; manages OCPL’s $13+ million departmental budget throughout the year, including monthly reports to the Board, quarterly budget forecasts for the County Executive’s office and remedial action if required; and prepares and presents resolutions to the County Legislature to accept grant funding and amend OCPL’s budget.
Supervises Business Office operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, contract management, procurement, stock room and mail room functions as well as preparing OCPL’s financials for the State annual report; oversees maintenance operations and construction projects for OCPL’s nine facilities; oversees delivery operations of library materials to the 31 libraries in the countywide library system.
Reports to the Board of Trustees, the County Executive’s office and the County Legislature; oversees the investment and disbursement of the Library’s endowment funds; prepares State construction grant and E-Rate applications on an ongoing basis; and prepares Requests for Proposals for a variety of goods and services, e.g., collection, architectural and mechanical engineering services, vendor contracts for library books and materials.
Serves on the County Executive’s Sustainability Advisory Committee and on the Board of Directors for the Northeast Community Center, and is active in Tomorrow’s Neighborhoods Today (TNT).
Name: KyungJin Park
Title: Personnel Administrator
E-mail: kpark@onlib.org
Phone: 315-435-1800
Professional Memberships: American Library Association, Library Administration & Management Association
Education: Mid Career Executive Education Program, Maxwell School of Public Administration, Syracuse University. SHRM certified PHR (Professional in Human Resources) since 2000. BA - Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
Previous Positions: Personnel Technician II - County Personnel Department.
Service with Onondaga County Since:1986
Details: Personnel Administrator for OCPL since 1999 overseeing all aspects of personnel administration for 240 full-time and part-time employees, she provides HR related consultation service to administrators, managers and employees; manages a six (6) million dollar payroll budget, oversees the payroll functions. Lately she assumed additional duties of overseeing OCPL security and incidents since June 2008.
She has been promoting a workforce diversification in reflecting the community it serves; she initiated the OCPL Diversity Committee in 2005 with a focus of increasing minority recruitment and promoting a welcoming work place for all; she is a seasoned diversity trainer for Onondaga County in the NCBI model (National Coalition Building Institute).
Name: Deb Lewis
Title: Systems Librarian
E-mail: dlewis@onlib.org
Phone: 315-435-1800
Professional Memberships: American Library Association
Education: MBA - Franklin University - 2000. MLS - SUNY Albany School of Library and Information Science (now the College of Computing and Information at the University at Albany, State University of New York) - 1977. BA (major: English/minor: Computer Science) - SUNY Albany 1975. AA - Auburn Community College (now Cayuga Community College) - 1973.
Previous Positions: Product Manager, Discovery View WorldCat - OCLC. Manager, Databases and Collections - OCLC. Consulting Product Support Specialist - OCLC. Member Services Coordinator - OHIONET. Library Liaison Officer - SUNY/OCLC (now Nylink). Co-owner, Marathon Press, publisher of Physical Education/Sports Index
Service with Onondaga County Since: 2006
Responsibilities: OCPL's technical infrastructure including the online catalog, plus materials processing for the Central Library.
Name: Jane Kalkbrenner
Title: Acquisitions Coordinator
E-mail: jkalkbrenner@onlib.org
Phone: 315-435-1800
Professional Memberships: New York Library Association
Education: MLS - Syracuse University; BA - SUNY College at Cortland
Previous Positions: Branch Manager at Soule, Betts and Paine Branch Libraries. Reference Librarian at OCPL Central Library. Assistant Children's Librarian at Tompkins County Public Library.
Service with Onondaga County Since:1980
Details: Jane works in tandem with libraries throughout the Onondaga County Public Library System assisting with the implementation and staff training of the electronic ordering and fund maintenance systems used by Central, Branches, Satellites, and member libraries. Jane also participates in collection development by ordering titles based on the popularity of authors specific to each library and is a liaison between selectors, vendors, and the Business Office reconciling problems with orders and invoices.
With the Director of Administrative Services, Administrator for Branch Services,
and a Central Library Co-Manager, Jane assists with distributing the materials operating budget and oversees fund balances throughout the year.
Name: Katie Whitney
Title: Central Library Manager, Service Center/Sorting Room Supervisor, Information Services Supervisor
E-mail: katie@onlib.org
Phone: 314-435-1900
Professional Memberships: New York Library Association, Central New York Library Resources Council, American Library Association
Education: MLS - Syracuse University; BA - LeMoyne College
Previous Positions: Children's Librarian, Reference Librarian, Branch Librarian II & Outreach Coordinator, Head of Telephone Reference, Head of ILL, Head of Technical Services, Head of Information Services, Manager of Central Library
Service with Onondaga County Since:1987
Details: Katie is responsible for Central Library scheduling and local and system-wide training projects. Katie serves as a Chair or Co-Chair of the Training Committee, and the Central Librarian IIs, and helps coordinate the Tech Liaisons. She is also a member of the OCPL Automation Team, OCPL Continuing Education, Web Committee, Security Committee, a CLRC Trustee, and the LaFayette Library Board Vice-President.
Name: Doreen Milcarek
Title:
Central Library Manager, Browse About Supervisor, Children's World, Adult Literacy Program and STAR (Special Technologies and Adaptive Resources) Program Supervisor, Local History/Genealogy Department Supervisor.
E-mail: milcarek@onlib.org
Phone: 315-435-1900
Professional Memberships: New York Library Association, American Library Association
Education: MLS - School of Information and Library Science, SUNY Geneseo;
BA in History, SUNY Geneseo.
Details: Doreen is the Central Library materials budget manager. She also serves as Outreach Coordinator, and oversees the “Tutor/Teacher-Library Connection” and “STARBurst” state grant projects, which extend adult literacy and service to persons with disabilities to other libraries in the County.
Doreen is the Chair of the OCPL Outreach Advisory Council. She is also a member of the Adult Literacy Workgroup, OCPL Automation Team, and the OCPL Marketing Committee.
Since May 2008 she has been acting System Liaison, working with suburban libraries on their State Construction Grant applications, annual State reports, and other system services. Doreen is also responsible for preparing both the OCPL Public Library and OCPL System Annual State Reports.
Last updated August 12, 2010