Item B3BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: .luly 16.'008 Division: Cornmunitv Services
Bulk Itcm: Yes No X Department- I_ibrary
Staff Contact Person Phone .:Norma Kula/ x749
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Presentation of Years of Service Award for 10 dears of'seryice to
.Anne Layton Rice. l.ibrary Administrator, Community Services
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Revised 11'06
YEARS OF SERVICE AWARD
ANNE LAYTON RICE
LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR
Anne Layton Rice started her work at the Key West Library, in the position of
Library Headquarters Administrator, on May 29, 1998, and the Library celebrated
her arrival with a holiday.
After a year and a half in that position, she was promoted to Library Administrator.
Although she still holds that position, she has enlarged, expanded upon, and
updated the duties of her position to meet the changing needs of the Library.
With her understanding of the changes in Library technologies and her ability and
willingness to meet these new challenges, Anne has become in fact the System
Administrator as well as Administrator for the Library system.
She has assumed in-house responsibility for the operation and enhancement of the
Library information system, performing ongoing system maintenance,
customizations, and overseeing new installations. She troubleshoots and resolves
system problems and acts as primary contact with the system vendor, while
coordinating Library automation system needs with the County Technical Services
Department.
Anne has taken a special interest in digitizing particular areas of the Florida History
collection, especially the photographic collection, and has been successful in
writing and administering grants for several of these projects, partnering with FIU
and other state agencies to add these materials to online databases. Just recently,
working with Florida International University, she launched a popular website of
Keys Oral Histories,
Other grants that Anne has been awarded have filled needs such as staff training
programs, preservation of historic materials, and a literacy program, for which she
received the State Library "Exemplary Award."
For her work within the community, she was named the 2004 "Woman of Integrity"
by Samuel's House.
Most significantly, Anne considers one of her true successes the crafting of the
Library Customer Service Policy, which was designed to emphasize the basic
theme of her work and that of the entire Library system: Library users are the most
important aspect of our work. This creed has symbolized Anne's dedication for the
past ten years, and we are extremely proud of the contributions she has made to
Library service and to Monroe County during this time. Thank you, Anne, for all that
you have done.