Linda D. McCracken

Background

Linda D. McCracken was born on February 6, 1950, in Yakima, Washington, United States. She is the daughter of Clifford and Clara June Huebner.

Education

Linda McCracken attended Oregon State University from 1968 till 1971. She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Central Washington University in 1974.

Career

Linda McCracken is the adult services manager and collection development officer at Yakima Valley Regional Library. She began her career there in 1974 as a library assistant becoming a supervisor in the reserve department in 1981. In ten years, she began working as an adult services manager at the Yakima Valley Regional Library System. In 2000-2002 she was also president of Yakima Literacy Coalition.

As funding became more critical for the library, Linda and her colleagues began to look for new ways to promote their services to communities. One small article in an administrative journal led to a longer article in the U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*D Librarian, which caught the eye of Robert Franklin at McFarland & Co. Publishing. He proposed a book and Linda began writing. As she wrote, she tried to keep in mind the audience that she was writing for, and the fact that they wanted the tone of the book to be casual and upbeat. That helped to focus and select the information that would be included. The result was the book, The Library Book Cart Precision Drill Team Manual, written with Lynne Zeiher (2002). It explains how to plan, equip, and train a successful library team.

McCracken is also known as a contributor to library journals.

Achievements

• Linda McCracken is known as a successful adult services manager and collection development officer at the Yakima Valley Regional Library respected by her colleagues for her competence. Her book The Library Book Cart Precision Drill Team Manual became a hit among library manuals and was well-received.

Works

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• book

  • The Library Book Cart Precision Drill Team Manual

    (Public stunts and all-for-fun, utterly nonpoliticized pub...)

    2002

Views

Quotations: "People have the right to free flow of information in our country and we take that very seriously."

Membership

Linda McCracken is a member of the American Library Association, Public Library Association, Pacific Northwest Library Association, and Washington Library Association.

Interests

• reading, camping, and traveling

Connections

Linda McCracken married Coy McCracken on March 11, 1974.

Father:

Clifford Huebner

Mother:

Clara June Huebner

Clara June Huebner worked in the fruit industry.

husband:

Coy McCracken