The Berkeley Daily Planet reports Vivian Pisano may be just one more casualty of Berkeley’s library wars.
After fewer than four months on the job, the deputy director tendered her resignation, sending a simple e-mail to staff on May 1, saying she had enjoyed working with them and that she was leaving.
“It was a shock, a big surprise to union leadership,” said Anes Lewis-Partridge, senior field representative with Service Employees International Union 535, which represents library workers. “We were hopeful (and appreciated) the way she dealt with line staff. She was open. She listened. She had a positive management style.”
Pisano left the San Francisco library system to come to Berkeley, where she began work Jan. 31.
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