Diane Elizabeth Rider

Background

Rider, Diane Elizabeth was born on June 25, 1951 in Kearny, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Thomas Lindsay and Dorothy Jane (Sommer) Rider.

Education

Bachelor of Music magna cum laude, Westminster Choir College, 1973; Master of Library Science, Florida State University, 1993.

Career

Intern preservation Department, University Florida, Gainesville, 1993; intern free-net library, Tallahassee (Florida) Free-Net, 1993; reference library, Broward County Main Library., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1994-1995; library, instructor, The Art Institute of Chicago Fort Lauderdale, 1995-1996; director Learning Resource Center, The Art Institute of Chicago Fort Lauderdale, 1996-1998; dean, Nevin C. Meinhardt Memorial Library., since 1998. Vice chair, associate member committee S.E. Florida Library. Information Network, 1996-1997, chair associate member committee, 1997-1998, ex officio member board directors S.E. Florida Library.

Information Network, since 1996. Special libraries representative Florida Library. Network Council, 1998.

Achievements

• Diane Elizabeth Rider has been listed as a noteworthy Librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Co-op American, Washington, since 1990, Sierra Club, Broward & Leon Counties, Florida, since 1988. Member American Library Association (intellectual freedom roundtable since 1992), Special Libraries Association (director) Florida and Caribbean chapter since 1997. Florida representative, steering committee South Atlantic Regional conference since 1997), Genealogical Society Southwestern Pennsylvania, Sierra Club, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Phi Museum.

Interests

• Avocations: vegetarian cooking, genealogy, the Internet, reading.

Connections

Father:

Thomas Lindsay Rider

Mother:

Dorothy Jane (Sommer) Rider