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A Changing of the Guard

from Brian O'Leary

A Changing of the Guard Brian O'Leary BISG's fiscal and board years start on July 1, so this week we welcome three new members of the board: Joshua Boisvert (ReaderLink), Allen Johnson (Baker & Taylor), and Joshua Tallent (Firebrand). They'll be joining their first board meeting on July 23. The reorganization of the BISG board also means four of its members are departing, including Dennis Abboud, Jr. (ReaderLink), Beat Barblan (Bowker), Malati Chavali (Macmillan), and Sam Dempsey (Baker & Taylor). We'd planned to recognize each of them in April, at our postponed annual meeting, and in September, at the replacement date for that gathering. With our decision to reposition the September meeting as a set of online conversations, our in-person opportunities to thank them are pretty limited. I wanted to take a few minutes to recognize each of our outgoing board members and thank them for their work to make BISG a better organization. READ MORE

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