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4B ? SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2000
Plauche recognized for 25 years library service in county
Prima Plauche, director of the Hancock County Library System, was recently presented a plaque by the library staff honoring her 25 years of service. ,:The presentation was made at a - luncheon held during the library system's annual inven-? tory week at the Bay St. Louis-Hancock County Library.
Another presentation was also made at the library system's Board of Trustees' regular monthly meeting August 15.
Chairman Joyce Z. Lee presented Plauche with a plaque honoring her 25 years of "dedicated and committed service as director of the Hancock County Library System."
Plauche came to the Hancock County Library System in 1975, after serving two years as school librarian for Coast Episcopal Schools.
She received her bachelor of science degree in library science from the University ' of 'Mississippi, and a master of science degree in library science from the University of Southern Mississippi accredited by the American Library Association.
Since she joined the library in 1975, the system has grown from a three-person staff that operated from a small, rented building, to the technologically modem 17,000-square-foot facility in Bay St. Louis that serves as headquarters for four branch libraries.
And the staff of three has grown to 29. The library system also made state history in 1999, when it entered into an agreement with the Hancock County School District to provide library services in the Pearlington area.
The Pearlington Public Library was opened in the Charles B. Murphy Elementary School's media center. And the brand new 10,000-square-foot Kiln Public Library opened in February of this year.
In 1988, the Hancock County Library System established the Adult Education Program, which has grown and is now housed in the Waveland Library and Literacy Center.
And the Library Foundation of Hancock County, Inc. was established in 1995 to enhance and support the programs and services of the library system.
Plauche has been listed in Who's Who in Universities and Colleges, Outstanding Young Women of America, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who on the Gulf Coast and was the first library science graduate to receive the Taylor Medal, the University of Mississippi's highest honor.
She has served on numerous state and regional committees and organizations, including the Mississippi	Statewide
Telecommunications Taskforce and Mississippi Statewide Information Network Taskforce.
These two groups laid the foundation for the development of improved statewide technology for libraries, including the Mississippi	Information
Network, Magnolia and on-line inter-library loan network.
In 1995 and 1996 she served as co-chairman of the Mississippi	Library
Association's Legislative Committee.
Plauche currently serves on the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce's Hancock 2000
Prima Plauche, left, receives a plaque recognizing her 25 years c service as director of the Hancock County Library. Pictured are from left, Sandra Marshall, technical services coordinator, Davi Woodburn, assistant director, Jeannie Pierce, public service coord nator; and Linda McKay, financial officer.
Committee and the Education Committee, which established the Hancock County Community	Education
Program. She also served on the Mississippi Public Library Trustee Manual Committee, the Mississippi Public Library Continuing	Education
Committee and the editorii board of Coast Magazine.
The plaque, which include pictures of the library system four branches, was presented 1 Plauche by David Woodbun assistant director, and othf members of the managemei team.