Joslyn Bowling Dixon MLIS ’09 named Oak Park Library's Executive Director

October 7, 2022

Joslyn Bowling Dixon MLIS ’09 has been named the new executive director of the Oak Park Public Library. She has a 20-year career in libraries, a career that began in Hazel Crest.

Most recently, Joslyn served as the director of the Newark, New Jersey Public Library. She has an extensive history of involvement in equity, diversity and inclusion work within national library associations.

While much of Joslyn’s career has been spent working in public libraries on the East Coast, she is very familiar with Illinois, having grown up in Aurora. She has also spent time in the Oak Park and River Forest communities. One of her earliest positions was as circulation manager and library associate with the Oak Park libraries. She received her master’s in library science from Dominican University.

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