In the News: SOIS Alumna Serves Library Board for 24 Years

(Photo: La Grange Public Library)

Becky Spratford MLIS ’01 is featured in Suburban Life publications after serving 24 years—a total of six terms—as an elected trustee on the La Grange Public Library Board. She concluded her years of service in May.

During her time on the board, she served in leadership roles of vice president and president, and was credited with leading the library’s relocation to a temporary facility when a new library was being constructed in 2005.

Spratford operates a consulting firm that provides training for librarians, and she is the author of three textbooks for library workers. She previously worked as a librarian at the Berwyn Public Library.

Read more about Spratford here and in this La Grange Library news release.