Libraries have been a very important part of Helen's life. She remembers, with pleasure, receiving her first library card from the Calumet Public Library as a child in northern Michigan. She began her library employment while studying for a degree in Literature at Northern Michigan University. Later, while she was completing a Mater of Library Science degree at Western Michigan University she also worked in the university's library. Helen brings to the library 14 years of experience in the management of public libraries and also has experience working on a library renovation project in Iron Mountain, Michigan.
Team effort is necessary to reach a goal of exemplary community service.
Team members help each other to succeed to reach a common goal, to have a shared vision for the library that should create a catalytic effect, causing patrons to be drawn into the library. A public library is the best bargain in a democratic society. Helen is enjoying her Elmwood Park experience, including the warmth of the people and the great restaurants. It surely has been a long time since we've visited, but that just means there's more to talk about. It appears he was the last one to see a local mobster alive and the cops videotaped him just moments before the crime occurred.