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VITA of BEVERLY ANN LEWIS Beverly Ann Lewis is a professional librarian with more than thirteen years experience in public and special libraries. She received her M.S. from the University of North Texas and her Community Librarian Certificate from the Province of British Columbia. Ms. Lewis was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and attended public schools there. She received her A.A. from Stephens College where she was named Outstanding Junior and was the college newspaper's photographer /reporter. She received her B.S. from Syracuse University where she majored in Journalism and Political Science. She was an officer on the Student Activities Council and in Pi Beta Phi sorority. While residing in British Columbia, Canada, Ms. Lewis studied librarianship in a provincial education program and was certified as a Community Librarian. She served as the Director of the Vanderhoof Public Library in Vanderhoof, B.C., for three and a half years. During her directorship she established a local history collection and adult outreach services. She also reorganized the volunteer program. After returning to the U.S., Ms. Lewis served as the Director of the Oxford Memorial Public Library in Oxford, N.Y. for three and a half years. She managed an active readers advisory service and implemented an extended elderly outreach program. After her 1978 move to Texas, she was responsible for organizing a technical library in an international packaging corporation. During her six years at Tetra Pak, she established branch documentation centers and addressed numerous seminars about the importance of records and information management. During this period, Ms. Lewis also attended the School of Library and Information Science at the University of North Texas part -time. She received her Master of Science in Library Science in 1988. Since December, Ms. Lewis has been a Reference Librarian at the Carrollton Public Library. She has written genre bibliographies, compiled information desk procedures, and completed deselection projects. Ms. Lewis has a son, Charles Marvin Sperry, a Texas A &M graduate, who works in Big Sky, Montana. Her daughter, Ferne Marie McDonald, is a Murray State College graduate and attends Oklahoma State University.