Library Development staff members serve as personal contacts to Oklahoma public and institutional librarians. Staff members assist librarians with a variety of topics: annual reports, certification, state aid eligibility, library grant applications, performance measure surveys, long range planning, programming ideas, library laws, policies, training and more.
Contact Library Development on the Division Contact Form.
Vicki Mohr, Division Director
Doris Dixon, Administrative Assistant
Public library consultants:
Cathy Van Hoy is State Data Coordinator.
Library Consulting Area: Tulsa and Northeast area of Oklahoma
Melissa Askew coordinates the Public Library Website Program statewide.
Library Consulting Area: Website program is statewide. Librarian consultant area is SE and Central Oklahoma (not including the metro and surrounding areas).
Adrienne Butler is the statewide Youth Services Consultant.
Library Consulting Area: Cleveland, Pottawatomie and McClain Counties
Wendy Gabrielson is the Certification Specialist.
Library Consulting Area: West, Northwest, Southwest, Metro and surrounding areas
Literacy consultants:
Leslie Gelders, Literacy Coordinator
Rebecca Barker, Literacy Program Administrator
Ronni Potts, Family Literacy Consultant