#18 Biography of a Librarian: Former Stage Actor!

Who you are: Annick Lynn Rodriguez
What you do: Adult Services Librarian; Spanish Language Specialist
Where you do it: New Rochelle Public Library


LTC: Favorite book from when you were a teenager?

Annick: Up the Down Staircase

LTC: Live music or theater?

Annick: I retired from the stage to become a librarian, but the theater is still in my heart.

LTC: What resource do you most like to point out to people?

Annick: Encyclopedia, it's quick, easy to use, and its wireless!

LTC: Best library program?

Annick: ESL classes that are given for free, it really makes a great difference in people's lives and reflects what the library is all about, helping people enrich their lives.

LTC: What's one thing you wish more people knew about libraries and what they do?

Annick: How hard we work behind the scenes to make everything run smoothly.

LTC: Listened to any good books lately? if not, what have you read?

Annick: I am currently reading Mark Twain on Travel, just finished reading The Black Dahlia Files. Love reading Biographies and Non-Fiction, i.e., History, Civil War, True Crime, Pop Culture.

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I love when I ask a random question and someone comes back with an answer as if it was especially pertaining to them! How many librarians are retired from the stage?? Are there still some on the stage? How great, glamorous Librarian by day, glamorous stage diva by night.

--Amy