Jason Broughton is the speaker for the Beta Phi Mu Fall Lecture.
Jason Broughton is the Director, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), where he is responsible for the oversight and administration of the NLS program of the Library of Congress, including the expansion of online and digital delivery of program services. Prior to joining the Library of Congress, Broughton became in 2019 the first African American to serve as Vermont State Librarian, where he engaged in strategic planning for the Department of Libraries and establishing a long-term vision for the State Library. For over a decade, Broughton held numerous library roles in South Carolina and Georgia, where he used his prior training as an educator to focus on such issues as workforce development and public outreach engagement.
Tess Tobin is the speaker for the Beta Phi Mu annual dinner and induction ceremony in Spring 2022.
Tess Tobin is a retired Associate Professor at New York City College of Technology, the City University of New York. She has served on the Executive Board of REFORMA Northeast Chapter and REFORMA National. She is Past-Chair of the Ethnic and Multicultural Exchange Round Table of ALA. She is also the Chair of the Library Services to Multicultural Populations Standing Committee section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Her research focuses on recruitment of underserved groups to the library profession and providing access to information and library services to all members of the global community.