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Jefferson Parish Library Director Lon Dickerson retiring

Bob Ross, The Times-Picayune By Bob Ross, The Times-Picayune
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on July 10, 2012 at 4:29 PM, updated July 10, 2012 at 6:12 PM

Lon Dickerson, who was hired to run the 15-site Jefferson Parish Library in 2004 and helped rebuild it after Hurricane Katrina damaged 13 branches a year later, has decided to retire, the parish administration said today. Dickerson will remain on the job into August to finish a few projects and help with the transition to a new director, chief operating officer Chris Cox said.

Lon Dickerson.jpgLon Dickerson was hired in 2004 to run the Jefferson Parish Library.

President Chris deVillasana of the Friends of Jefferson Parish Library, the major charitable arm for the library system, said Dickerson "will be missed." "Lon has always worked closely with the Friends of the Library, and we had a kind of a partnership to try to find ways to fund various projects," deVillasana said.

Dickerson was out of town and unavailable for comment. In announcing his retirement and major accomplishments, administration officials cited the opening of the Lakeshore branch in Metairie and the rebuilding of the Grand Isle library, two of the biggest post-Katrina projects, along with the move of the American Italian Research Library to the Eastbank Regional Library in Metairie.

Only two of the parish's library branches were not damaged by Katrina. The system lost about 15 percent of its 1 million books and materials.

Cox said the administration will look both nationally and at current employees for Dickerson's successor.

Dickerson followed Library Director Joan Adams in 2004. He arrived with 30 years of experience, including stints directing library systems in Savannah, Ga., and Omaha, Neb.

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Bob Ross can be reached at rross@timespicayune.com or 504.883.7053.
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