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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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HONORING CHIEF LIBRARY OFFICER HOWARD BOKSENBAUM ON THE OCCASION | |
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OF HIS RETIREMENT | |
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Introduced By: Senators Bates, Gallo, Ruggerio, Goodwin, and Satchell | |
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Date Introduced: May 15, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
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WHEREAS, Literacy skills are essential for effective participation in our democracy, in |
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the workplace, and in the community. Lady Bird Johnson once said, “Perhaps no place in any |
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community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is |
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interest”; and |
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WHEREAS, Howard Boksenbaum earned a degree in linguistics from Washington |
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University in St. Louis and Waseda University in Tokyo. He continued his education, earning a |
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master’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh; and |
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WHEREAS, Gaining diversification and becoming well-versed in the many aspects of |
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information technology, Mr. Boksenbaum coordinated the Island Interrelated Library System and |
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worked as the System Coordinator for the Greene County Library System and a cataloger of |
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Japanese materials at the East Asian Library at the University of Pittsburgh before entering state |
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service in 1997; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Boksenbaum worked for the Information Technology (IT) Division of |
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OLIS, directing the state's IT program and serving as Chief Information Officer from 2002 to |
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2003; and |
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WHEREAS, While at the Department of State Library Services (DSLS) and OLIS, Mr. |
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Boksenbaum served as the Supervisor of Technical Services, Chief of the Division of Library |
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Planning, Development, and Information Services, and finally as a Library Program Manager. |
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During his time at DSLS, he managed the RI Library Network's transition from five library |
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regions to a single statewide multitype network; and |
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WHEREAS, Approaching what he does as more of a calling than a job, Howard |
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Boksenbaum has overseen enormous changes in information technology. During his tenure in |
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state service, he played a significant role in bringing Rhode Island government online, including |
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the creation of RI.gov and in establishing the statewide interoperable public safety |
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communication network, RISCON. In addition, he created the Ocean State Free-Net and helped |
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create RINet and OSHEAN (Ocean State Higher Education Economic Development and |
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Administrative Network; and |
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WHEREAS, By consistently demonstrating an abiding passion for the value of |
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knowledge and the joy of reading, Howard Boksenbaum has proven to be a true beacon of |
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democracy and a champion of the important role libraries play in our Ocean State; now, therefore |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby honors Howard Boksenbaum on the occasion of his retirement as Chief Library Officer |
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and thanks him for twenty-five years of devoted service to the people of this state; and be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Howard Boksenbaum. |
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