By WILL PERKINS
Glasgow News 1
In the summer of 1999, Angelina Clark began her journey working for the Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Library.
On Friday, the circulation manager stood next to fellow staff members as the library celebrated 110 years of serving the Glasgow community.
“I started on the summer youth program,” Clark said. “I started out in the children’s department and then I moved to the reference area.
“When the library moved to this location, I became the circulation manager.”
Clark said interacting with community members has been very enjoyable, especially the children.
“They get so excited when they get their first library card,” she said. “And that’s what we do here at the circulation desk — issue library cards along with other things.”
Seeing the library full of young readers “is great,” Clark said, adding that it is very special to see some of their younger patrons from the past return with children of their own.
“It’s really awesome they’re still using the library,” she said. “Which is what we want. We want them to start at a very early age and keep using the library as they become adults.”
Terri Jones was also standing with other staff members during Friday’s celebration. The library assistant said she has been working at the library since around 2008.
“When I started at the old library, I worked in the youth department,” Jones said. “When we came to the new library, I worked downstairs, and then I came up here.”
Jones said she would work at the library part-time before retiring from her career in health care.
“I enjoy all the people that come in and interact with us,” she said. “The ones that are regulars, you just kind of get to know them, and you get to know what they’re looking for.”
In the modern world full of digital distractions, Jones said reading books has become less prevalent.
“You don’t have a lot of kids who are reading,” she said. “So when we have kids come in for summer reading, that’s enjoyable.
“That’s a plus.”
