Terri Wiest

Terri Wiest is RPL’s Director of Collections Strategy and Logistics. She leads the Collections and Technical Services team and sets the strategic direction for RPL’s collections, including the adoption of new technologies, enhanced merchandising approaches, and the optimization of print and digital resources. Her work supports timely and equitable access to library materials across the system.

Terri holds a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology from the University of Manitoba. Since beginning her career as a science librarian in 1999, she has held public and academic library roles in Manitoba and California, spanning youth services, collections, communications, administration, and management. She returned to Regina in 2022 and joined RPL, first managing the Albert and Regent Place branches and later Central Frontline Services.

Terri is passionate about lifelong learning, early literacy, and the enduring role of public libraries in nurturing reading, learning, and curiosity. Outside work, she enjoys golfing, travelling, spending time with family and friends, and reading a good murder mystery.