October Writer’s Night – Getting Your Book on the Library Shelf with Mesa County Libraries

For our October Writer’s Night, learn the library’s process for getting local authors’ titles on the shelves and setting up book signings. This writer’s night will also cover other ways the library supports writers. If there’s time, the presenters may read selections from local authors’ books that are in the library collection.

Speaker Bios

Michelle Boisvenue-Fox, the Executive Director at Mesa County Libraries, works to build community through partnerships, programs, and events. Michelle believes that people are the most important thing to a library. As a result, libraries change lives in big and small ways. Michelle holds a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois and has more than 20 years of public and academic library experience.

Lisa Solko, Head of Collection Management at Mesa County Libraries, oversees the collection and deselection of library material at eight library locations as well as electronic books and audiobooks. She holds a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art History and Studio Art from Colorado Mesa University. Lisa enjoys using insights derived from data and research to attain harmonic results that reflect community, originality, and variety.