James Welbourne
ADMINISTRATION: City Librarian
203-946-8139
Mr. James C. Welbourne succeeds former City Librarian Howard F. McGinn and is the sixth City Librarian in New Haven since the Library's founding on February 21, 1887. Mr. Welbourne began service as director of the New Haven public library system on July 3, 2000.Mr. Welbourne has served as the Deputy Director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland, since 1993, where he was responsible for the overall operations of the Library's public services delivery in the Central Library and 26 community branches. From 1986 to 1993, he was the Assistant Director for Branch/Extension and District Services for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. Welbourne also has an extensive background in economic development and neighborhood revitalization, having worked from 1971 to 1986 outside the library world, including service as business development consultant and executive director of a community development corporation in Hyattsville, Maryland. |
