Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Finally! An Okie Moving and Shaking Librarian!

My brilliant colleague (and darn good conference roommate) Lisa Wells, from the Moore Public Library part of the Pioneer Library System, is a Library Journal Mover and Shaker this year!
...Within months of being hired, Wells convinced city leaders to fund both a library renovation and the branch's adoption of RFID as a pilot for the system. She says city officials joke that “if it costs money, it's one of Lisa's ideas!” But she made that investment pay off: 46,000 of Moore's 50,000 residents have library cards, over 3000 students participate in summer reading programs, and more than 700 people take part in library literacy programs. Wells partnered with a local Baptist college to provide math and science tutoring and with arts agencies to provide summer concerts....

YEEEEEHA! Way to go Lisa!

2 comments:

Young Bill said...

And, Adri, don't forget that you have been named an ALA "Emerging" Leader!

Pioneer librarians are blazing trails!

Sarah Clark said...

Congrats Lisa! I grew up in Moore and was a regular at the library as a kid (duh...). I visited the library for the first time in a several years for a seminar last month, and I was floored at how much had changed since I'd been in there last, and was happy to see how busy it was on a weekday! If you haven't been over there recently, take a look--it's definitely one of the nicest public libraries in the state...