In her words, Jennifer Jamison, school librarian at Atlantic City (N.J.) High School, the library provides a space for her students that is “safe, nurturing and invites participation.” It also provides expertise that “students otherwise in an urban setting would not get.”

Jamison’s words are bolstered by the results at both the Atlantic City High School library and also the Pennsylvania Avenue School Library, which was named a 2013 National School Library Program of the Year (NSLPY) by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association.

Celebrated children’s book author, Jeanne Walker Harvey, interviewed April Hayley, the 2012 San Anselmo, CA person of the year, and Children’s Librarian for the San Anselmo Library exclusively for I Love Libraries. Jeanne and April discuss the importance of children’s librarians in public libraries, as well as the unique and innovative programming that April has implemented in her library. Read the full interview below.

What should users expect in a great library? The 10 winners of the 2009 I Love My Librarian award share their perspectives on what users deserve, and how they've worked to achieve it.

Lucy Hansen
South Texas Independent School District
Mercedes, Texas