Boston Public Library picks a new president

The Boston Public Library said Saturday that it chose Jill Bourne, the city librarian for the San Jose Public Library, as its new president.

David Leonard will continue to serve as interim president of the BPL until contractual details with Bourne are finalized, the library system said in a press release.

Bourne was appointed city librarian for the San Jose Public Library in 2013, a system that includes 23 branch libraries and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, operated in partnership with…