Meet the finalists for the Pierce County Library System executive director position this Thursday, Aug. 21. The candidates—Nate Hill (deputy director, Chattanooga Public Library), Georgia Lomax (deputy director, Pierce County Library) and Jeff Scott (county librarian, Tulare County)—will give presentations at the public forum to be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the first-floor meeting rooms at the library’s Processing and Administrative Center, 3005 112th St. E., Tacoma. A short reception follows the presentations. The event is free and open to the public.

Final interviews for the executive director position are being held this week. The library hopes to make an offer by the end of August and have the new executive director on board before the end of the year. Neel Parikh, the library’s executive director of 20 years, retires Nov. 1, 2014.  Learn more about the candidates here.