Over the course of two weeks, more than 100,000 of you came to our Facebook page and voted for your favorite people, places and things in this city. And now that winners have been officially announced via our latest print edition (you can pick up a copy at any of the 500 locations listed here), we will be rolling out all 30 winners online–one a day for the next month.
Best Librarian
All of Them!
We’ll admit that it was pretty silly of us to ask people to choose their favorite librarian when all of them are experts at locating books, conducting research and creating a welcoming environment where both kids and adults can explore textual wonders. Especially when some of them also host adult literacy classes, conduct childrens’ storytimes and organize major events with contemporary authors. In these days of self check-out and accessible-from-home e-books, it’s heartwarming to know that our readers called us out, reminding us we should take the time to appreciate all of those who are involved in Long Beach’s impressive public library system. Or maybe everyone who voted just needs to go to their local library and learn their librarian’s names? We like to think it’s the former.