Bernard Margolis

president, Boston Public Library

Bernard A. Margolis began serving as New York State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries in January 2009. Reporting to the Commissioner of Education, Margolis administers the New York State Research Library and the Division of Library Development. Margolis came to the State Library from his previous post as President of the Boston Public Library (BPL), Boston, Massachusetts, where he served from 1997 to 2008. Bernard Margolis holds a BA in Political Science and an MA in Librarianship, both from the University of Denver.