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Connect with Tom Fay, the Chief Librarian of Seattle Public Library! A native of southern Nevada, Fay’s 42-year career in libraries began in 1983 as a page, and he later held roles as Executive Director of Henderson Libraries and the Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of Las Vegas Clark County Library District in Nevada. After joining The Seattle Public Library as Director of Library 911±¬ÁÏÍø and Services in 2015, Fay was appointed to serve as Interim Chief Librarian in 2021, and in March 2022, the Library Board voted unanimously to select Fay as the new Executive Director and Chief Librarian. Fay holds a Fine Arts degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He has been awarded the O’Callaghan Public Sector Person of the Year and selected as Nevada’s Librarian of the Year. He enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter experiencing the great outdoors in the Pacific Northwest.