NATCHITOCHES – Abbie Landry has been named director of libraries at Northwestern State University. Her appointment has been approved by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System.

     Landry has been at Northwestern as a faculty member in Watson Library since 1981. She has initially a reference librarian, coordinator of online services, and coordinator of library instruction.

     In 1987, Landry has named head of reference and promoted to assistant professor. She also was interim director of libraries in 2000-2001. Landry was promoted to associate professor in 2005.

     Landry earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Longwood College in Farmville, Va., and a master’s in library and information science from the University of Tennessee.

     She served as chair of the Academic Section of the Louisiana Library Association from in 1989-90. Landry received the Sigma IX Scientific Society Research Award in 1991. Since 1987, Landry has been writing book reviews for Reference Books Bulletin and writes about seven reviews a year.

     Landry is a member of the American Library Association, Louisiana Library Association, the Louisiana Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Phi Mu. She is also a member of the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches and the Friends of the Old Courthouse Museum.

     One of the founding members of the Louisiana Association for Academic Competition, Landry is secretary of the association and has directed the Louisiana High School State Quiz Bowl Championship since 1991.