MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Career librarian and director of Library Services at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Grace Carr-Benjamin, MLIS, was recently elected president of the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians (ASDAL).

Carr-Benjamin was elected during a meeting of ASDAL in the United States.

The association was established in 1981 to enhance communication between Seventh-day Adventist librarians and to promote librarianship and library services to church institutions.

“I feel elated (regarding) the election,” said Carr-Benjamin.

She will serve as president for 2015-16 and remain on the executive board until 2016-17.

Commenting on Carr-Benjamin’s election, Dr Trevor Gardner, NCU president said, “Her contribution towards management in library services is well known in Jamaica and the Caribbean. However, to be voted by this internationally recognised body speaks to her professional and personal integrity.”

Carr-Benjamin has been the director of library services at the Hiram S Walters Resource Centre at NCU since December 2007 and serves on various local library committees.