FIRST YEAR IN THE SECOND CITY

摘要

The situation Brian Bannon (a 2009 LJ Mover & Shaker) inherited when he took over as commissioner of the Chicago Public Library (CPL) on March 19, 2012, was, to say the least, daunting. Though he had a lot of experience as chief information officer for San Francisco's public libraries (and previously with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Seattle Public Library), this was his first time in the hot seat, and he was following in the footsteps of 18-year veteran Mary Dempsey (at a salary of $167,000, slightly higher than Dempsey's).