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March 23, 2008 DEJONGH NAMES INGRID A. BOUGH AS TERRITORIAL DIRECTOR OF LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS
Governor John P. deJongh, Jr. has appointed St. Croix native Ingrid A. Bough, J.D. as Territorial Director of Libraries, Archives and Museums. The appointment took effect on March 12 and Bough is based on St. Croix. Bough returns home to the Virgin Islands after serving for 20 years at the Library of Congress in the Performing Arts Division of the U.S. Copyright Office. She holds a Juris Doctorate with a concentration in Intellectual Property Law. In addition, she holds degrees from Howard University, University of Maryland and the University of Baltimore, School of Law. She is also a graduate of the National Leadership Institute. In making the appointment, deJongh said that given her record of performance and accomplishment at the Library of Congress, he looks forward to Ms. Bough’s initiatives which will take the territory’s libraries to a new level. "The libraries in both districts are valuable research tools and information centers for all our residents. We have begun modernizing the process with our new mobile libraries but that is only the first step in increasing public awareness about the important role a library plays to a community." Ingrid Bough attended elementary, junior high school and graduated from Central High School. She taught music education at John H. Woodson Junior High School for two years. One of Bough’s most notable works resulted in second prize in the ASCAP-sponsored, Nathan Burkan National Memorial writing competition, for her paper entitled, "Internet Service Providers and Copyright Infringement Liability: A Cyberspace Dilemma." For this effort, Bough received written congratulatory letters from the former governor of the State of Maryland, Parris Glendening and from Congressman Albert Wynn. In 2001, Bough was selected for a year of distinguished service to the Library of Congress as one of ten selected Leadership Development Fellows sponsored by billionaire benefactor, John W. Kluge. During the period, Bough’s most notable accomplishments included the creation of an ethics web site, employee ethics manual for the Library of Congress’ Office of General Counsel, and five web portals which are currently on the Library of Congress’ website, Global Gateway. Bough, the daughter of retired St. Croix educator Violet A. Bough, has maintained her ties to the territory. In 1998, she participated in the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the 1848 freeing of enslaved persons in the territory, opening the program with a solo rendition of the National Anthem, accompanied by the 666th Virgin Islands Army National Guard Band. In 2002, Bough conducted the Library of Congress’ first-known overview of archival and library holdings in the territory during a two-week assignment. In 2004, Bough represented the U.S. Copyright Office as one of the guest speakers at the 2004 U.S.V.I. Leadership Summit which was held in the United States Capitol. A year later, Bough was the keynote speaker at the Department of Education sponsored V.I. Anansi Book Festival Author Awards Ceremony in Government House on St. Croix. While at the Library of Congress, Bough also served as the U.S. Territories Coordinator for the annual National Book Festival. She was responsible for persuading the institution to include participation from the Territories of the United States. For the past seven years, Bough has coordinated the participation of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Pavilion of the States. In the 2006 National Book Festival, the U.S.V.I. exhibit in Pavilion of the States was featured on local television. In addition to her work at the Library of Congress, Bough has served as historian/archivist for the 450-member chapter Iota Gamma Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Prince George’s County, Maryland; historian/archivist for the Prince George’s county chartering chapter in the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. She is a board of trustee member of the Children’s Rights Council; served as an appointed member of the Maryland Criminal Justice Coordinating Council’s Domestic Violence task force and is a member of the American Library Association and the Society of American Archivists. |
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