Carolyn M. Myers

Carolyn Myers received her Master's Degree in Library Science from the University of Washington in 1971. She worked from 1971-1975 at Spokane County Library and held several positions there including Head of Acquisitions and Assistant Director. She was Director of the Camas Public Library from 1975-1979. Since 1984, Carolyn has worked for Multnomah County Library, most recently as Collection Services Manager since 1999. Carolyn was the first centralized materials selector for Multnomah County Library and has since worked to expand and streamline the selection processes.

In her current senior executive position, Carolyn oversees the traditional technical services functions as well as an oversight role regarding all aspects of collection development at Multnomah County Library, including managing a centralized materials budget of approximately $6,000,000. Despite being one of the busiest libraries in the country, Multnomah County Library has faced budget cuts the last three years, with little improvement expected. However, the Library continues to grow in usage by the public, with last year's circulation nearly 19 million or more than 26 items per person in the county.