Jasmin Simmons

Jasmin Simmons is the Director of the Heritage Library Division, NALIS. She holds a wealth of experience in libraries spanning over 25 years which includes short stints as Director of the Educational Libraries Services Division, Director of the Public Libraries Division more recently Deputy Executive Director (ag), NALIS. She is a 2010 Salzburg Fellow and 2016 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Fellow. She has served on the UNESCO Memory of the World Committee where she demonstrated her passion for the preservation of documentary heritage of Trinidad and Tobago. She is also an avid puppeteer, storytelling aficionado and budding spoken word artist. She believes that it is imperative that in this present period we create a media and information literate citizenry. Ms Simmons is a championing for authors, through her involvement with NALIS ‘ First Time Authors Appreciation Programme a consistent feature of NALIS over the last twelve years.