NEWS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       DATE: 02/02/06
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UMass Amherst Libraries Announce
Associate Director Appointments

Amherst, MA – The University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries announce the appointments of Leslie Horner Button as Associate Director of Collection Services and Anne C. Moore as Associate Director of User Services. 

Since January 2004, Horner Button has served as Interim Associate Director of Collection Services and prior to that was Head of Acquisitions and Head of Serials at UMass Amherst Libraries.  She has 25 years of serials, acquisitions, technical services, and collection development experience.  She has an MLIS from the University of Rhode Island and an MS in Labor Studies from UMass Amherst.  Horner Button is a member of several professional organizations, including ALA, ACRL, ALCTS, NASIG, and the Pioneer Valley Association of Academic Librarians.

Anne C. Moore served as Interim Associate Director of User Services for two years and prior to that was Head of Reference Services at UMass Amherst Libraries from 2001-2004.  Previously, she was with New Mexico State University.  She has an MLIS from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from New Mexico State University.  For the past 22 years, she has been a member of ALA and ACRL, as well as being a member of RUSA, the American Education Research Association, the University Council of Educational Administrators, the Pioneer Valley Library Association, and the Massachusetts Library Association.