News of the Library for the Blind and Print Disabled
This newsletter is published by the New Mexico Regional Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (LBPD) and is distributed free to patrons and other interested parties. In addition to large print, the newsletter can be requested in braille, heard in audio on New Mexico Newsline for the Blind, or viewed at the State Library’s web site at www.nmstatelibrary.org. For information, call LBPD at 1-800-456-5515 or 505-476-9770, or email sl.lbph@dca.nm.gov.
What’s New in LBPD?
Welcome a New LBPD Employee: Liam Lockhart
Liam Lockhart’s lifelong search for altruistic employment has finally been realized with his appointment as Reader Advisor at the New Mexico Library for the Blind and Print Disabled. Liam holds a BA in English Literature and Film Theory from U.C. Berkeley, and an MFA in Film Production from UCLA. A Los Angeles native, Liam came to his senses 20 years ago and moved to Santa Fe. After a career as an editor and Emmy-nominated sound mixer, his passion for cinema found a new home in education: he has taught film studies at Santa Fe Community College, IAIA, and chaired the Film School at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. In the final year of SFUAD’s existence, he rallied his faculty and students to create the feature film Final Cutz – a “zom-com” about higher education which he hopes to have distributed by year’s end.
His preferred literature is Victorian ghost stories, especially the writings of M.R. James, and his favorite novels include The Monk (Matthew Lewis), The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald), and Steppenwolf (Herman Hesse). Liam is devoted to his lovely wife Cheryl and their faithful springador, Holger.