ToWhomItMayConcern:
ThisletterprovidesmetheopportunitytorecommendmyAssistantDirector,JenniferAlistair,forthepositionofLibraryDirectorattheMainLibraryintheFarrisCounty,ColoradoPublicLibrarySystem.
JennifercametousuponfinishingherMasterofLibrarySciencedegreeandfirstworkedasaReferenceLibrarian.AfterthreeyearsshewaspromotedtoAssistantDirector,apositionshehasperformedwellin.
Withherbachelor’sdegreeinComputerScience,Jenniferhasbeeninvaluableaswehavetransitionedtoadigitalenvironment.
ShechairedthecountywidecommitteethatreengineeredourInformationManagementandDeliverySystemtwoyearsago.Shealsoworkedonthefollow-upcommitteetooverseetheimplementationofchanges.Throughhereffortsandthoseofothersonthecommittees,countywideweareslatedtosavemorethan$2milliondollarsannuallywhilesimultaneouslyprovidingmuchimproved,state-of-the-artservicestopatrons.
Jenniferiswellpreparedforthesocialinterplaythatgoeshandandhandwiththedirector’sjob.ShedisplayedaninfectiouszealduringhertenureasReferenceLibrarianandwasverypopularwiththepublic.Shehasaptlyadministeredthetwenty-fiveindividualsinherareas.Throughhercommitteeworkshehasalsoshownconsiderableabilityformanagingdisparateforcesbothinsideandoutsidethelibrary.
Jenniferisrightlyseekingadditionalchallengeandsincetherearecurrentlynoopportunitiesinoursystemitisonlynaturalforhertolookelsewhere.ForthisIcommendher.
Bright,dedicatedandskilled,Jennifergarnersmyunequivocalrecommendation.SheisreadyandfullypreparedtoassumethedutiesofDirectoratyourlibrary.
Sincerely,
AmandaWrigley