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South Pasadena trustees refine interview questions, set panels for library director search

South Pasadena Library Board of Trustees · November 19, 2025
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Trustees discussed narrowing candidate questions, agreed to multiple interview panels so all trustees can participate, and asked the city manager''s office and recruiter to narrow the applicant pool before panel interviews in early December.

Trustees of the South Pasadena Library Board of Trustees on Nov. 18 continued work on the recruitment process for a new library director, agreeing to narrow and combine overlapping candidate questions and to participate across multiple interview panels rather than as a single full board.

The discussion centered on producing a concise set of open-ended prompts that would let finalists describe management experience, program design and how they would measure success. Trustees directed the subcommittee — Annie Chang Long and Dean Serwin — to meet with City Manager Todd Heilman and the…

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