Heights Libraries hires new deputy director

New Heights Libraries Deputy Director Kimberlee DeNero-Ackroyd

Kimberlee DeNero-Ackroyd is the new deputy director of Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library. DeNero-Ackroyd started her new position on Nov. 14, and said of her new job, “People from other parts of Ohio are always amazed by Heights Libraries’ collections, program offerings and services. This is a truly special library system, and I’m happy to be a part of it."

DeNero-Ackroyd has worked in the library field for 19 years, and brings a wide range of experience to her new position. Most recently, she was library manager at the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library. Prior to that, she worked in the adult services department of the Shaker Heights Public Library, and before that worked at Heights Libraries as a substitute librarian in 2002.

DeNero-Ackroyd has worked for six public library systems in Ohio, as well as the Austin Public Library in Texas and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in North Carolina. She has been a law librarian; an account manager for Ingram Library Services, a collection development firm; an adult librarian; and a youth services assistant. She has also worked in circulation.

In addition to her work experience, DeNero-Ackroyd brings her love for the Cleveland Heights-University Heights community to the position. “I’ve been a resident of Cleveland Heights for ten years, and I love living here,” she said. “That gives me a great understanding of the diversity of our community and the wide-ranging needs of our citizens. I’ll essentially be working in my own backyard—our patrons are my neighbors, and I’m looking forward to helping our staff bring them great service.”

DeNero-Ackroyd is currently serving a two-year appointment on the Public Library Association's 2012 Conference Programming Committee. She earned a bachelor of arts in English from The Ohio State University and received her master of library and information science from The University of Texas at Austin in 1995.