We are pleased to welcome David Harvie to our board of directors. David is our representative for our new Former Library Leaders Caucus.
David Harvie has spent 28 years in the public library sector, which focused on digital literacy, library automation, IT, policy development and library administration. He was the first web editor of the Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS), and was involved in the introduction of Internet access and training for many public libraries in southern Ontario through the SOLScape Project. He was the Systems Librarian at the Stratford Public Library for 16 years, where he built the Perth County Information Network (PCIN), a wide area network connecting the libraries of Perth County, and was an early adopter of the BiblioCommons discovery layer. He was the Systems and Technical Services Manager at Brantford Public Library, and held the positions of CEO at Kawartha Lakes, Georgina and Woodstock. He retired in September 2023.
