Patricia Scarry was the director of the Sussex County (Delaware) Department of Libraries and the Fairfield (South Carolina) Count Library prior to arriving in Illinois.  She joined the American Library Association in 1980 to establish the Chapter Relations Office and served as the association's liaison to ILA and other state associations throughout the 1980s.  As one of the youngest presidents of the Delaware Library Association, she brought the perspective of member affiliates to ALA and worked to make the larger association responsive to the needs of the state associations.  As ALA Membership Director, she was a technology innovator, leading ALA's transition to a database driven membership system and implementing new technologies for key member services.  She was a tireless advocate for reading, libraries, and the disenfranchised.  She was a great friend to the Illinois Library Association and influential proponent of ILA and Illinois libraries.

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