HI everyone,
I am looking forward to using this blog to talk about what’s on my mind. I have been working at the Lenox Library for 3 months now, and have met many of you. Dozens of you have sat in my office to chat, often with laughter, and occasionally with tears. I have had people come up to me on the street or in the store with ideas that I should pursue to make the library a better place. I have learned one thing for certain — people are passionate about their library!
I believe in the power of conversation. Information and ideas are what libraries are all about. Persuasive words from Theodore Sedgwick in the Great Barrington court freed Elizabeth Feeman from slavery in 1781. Eloquent words from Henry Ward Beecher at the Church on the Hill in 1853 inspired people. And though I would not equate myself with either of them, I believe that we can understand, help, change, and grow through communicating with one another.
I am looking forward to communicating with you all about interesting people, interesting books, interesting ideas, and a very interesting library.