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Director’s Book Club
MAY I SHARE WITH YOU HOW I DO THINGS? Working My Way
Being a library director who welcomes you to visit, get active, join our groups is a reflection of my personality and my outlook. Basically, I like people and care about the job I do. I have loved books and libraries all my life and now I’m in a position to share that with people who don’t know what they’re missing! If that means leaving my office to come out and play – I’m all in. Let’s dive into a great book. Suggestions, anyone? For me, it means everything to connect with the community. I intend to make our libraries the places you bring your friends. Come for a good time, come to learn, come to start a business, come to meet new people. Sure, we have curbside service…but why not come in and stay a while? The way I prefer to do things is collaboratively. So, yes, I am very interested in hearing your thoughts and the books you’d like to have in our collection and in my Director’s Book Club. I definitely have my favorites, some for being an addictive read and others for their message. The core values I believe in are important to me. Topping the list of ideals I stand for is commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. This is everybody’s library and everyone is welcome here. Each of us deserve a quality experience on every interaction with Broward County Library. “Our best, nothing less” is a slogan we have gone by for years and that is the standard of my staff without regard to whom the customer is. At the library, we honor and value everyone and you may hold me to that.
It’s Back! DIRECTOR’S BOOK CLUB
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
BY REBECCA SKLOOT
Lacks was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research.
