Paul McCarver, Associate Professor, Senior Research Services Librarian, and Business Librarian at Cook Library, will retire at the end of June 2016. Mr. McCarver began his career at The University of Southern Mississippi in October 1980 and has been an esteemed librarian and respected member of the Southern Miss community throughout the intervening thirty-plus years.

Paul McCarver earned a Master of Library Science degree from Delta State University in 1978 and a Master of Library Service degree from the University of Alabama in 1980. Mr. McCarver joined the Mississippi Library Association in 1976, and has served as chair of the Elections Committee, Intellectual Freedom Committee, and Mississippi Government Documents Roundtable, as well as being a member of the MAGNOLIA Database Selection Committee.

The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries invites friends and colleagues of Mr. McCarver to join us in a celebration of his lengthy career in librarianship and to offer best wishes for his retirement. A reception will be held on Thursday, June 16, 2016, 2:30-4 p.m. in Cook Library Room 123, on the Hattiesburg campus.