Recently, the Mayor and Common Council presented Beth Egan, our library director with a certificate of appreciation.
Beth, with her fuluristic vision has brought our library into the 20th century with a unanimous Wow! She has re-invented our library by the following steps.
1. She turned a ugly storage room into our reference room that promotes the State of N.J. and the City of Gloucester.
2. By overseeing the installation of approximately forty computers, she has brought the outside world to our doorsteps.
3. Within the library, with past and present books, rental movies and dvds, we try to catch up to her with her thirst for knowledge.
4. The State of the Art microfilm copier enables a person to view our exciting past.
5. The copier machine permits us to copy a picture of the Irish schooner that belongs to us. In case we missed the edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer or the Courier Post, 7-7-2008 with its praise of Ed Walens the Founding Father of our VFW Museum. Also, the many articles in the Gloucester City News, that is a wonderful example of the growing future of Gloucester City.
6. We now have a snack bar and coffee machine in our library so we can cope with our serious issues of homework or gather information to send to friends who are far away with Gloucester roots.
7. The time-out program for our Pre K world introduces our children to books, music and special TV shows.
8. Last but not least Beth has gathered about her, a professional staff, who 95% of the time agree, yes we can do it.
If you appreciate our library, why not drop a thank you note to the library staff. Your conscience will be glad you did it.
Rae Whelan, Gloucester City
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