Zingerella, named 1998 Library Director of the Year
\nMary Zingerella is one of the people who works in our neighborhood. Mrs. Zingerella came on board as the Director of the Walworth-Seely Library in September, 1998.
\nShe brings with her a zip for life, vim for literacy and a fierce vigor for libraries.
\nHer love of libraries was kindled early by her hometown librarian. Mary signed up for her first library card when she was only 7 years old.
\n\u201cI thought the library was a fun and appealing place to hang out,\u201d she told me during our telephone interview. \u201cMy mother read a lot to me, too.\u201d
\nMary earned her Bachelor degree from Gennesseo (the last class to be able to receive the Library degree) and went onto a Master\u2019s degree in Library Science.
\nMary met her husband, Anthony, when she was attending Mt. Morris Central High School. Being a small school, everyone knew everyone else and she needed a ride over to visit her sister, who had been in a car accident. Tony offered to drive her and has been a \u201cdriving force\u201d ever since. They were married July 18, 1970. He is a Vietnam Vet and currently employed working on the computers at Lisk in Clifton Springs.<\/p>\n
Mary and Tony\u2019s daughter, Vivian Renee, and three grand-children, 7 year old Tina, two year old Erica and one year old Eddie, currently live in Rome, NY.
\nTheir son, Michael, lives with them in Shortsville and works in a Prime Outlets cosmetics shop in Waterloo.
\nRounding out her family are Dumb Fred, a cat with medium length hair; Buddy, a short haired cat; Sasha, a 9 year old German Shepherd; and Sebastian, a mixed breed A puppy from Hell.
\nIt isn\u2019t difficult to understand why Mary was chosen the Fingerlakes Library System\u2019s 1998 Library Director of the Year. Her many years of working with the Girl Scouts, Humane Society and, especially, her commitment to Literacy Volunteers have shown her how important to the community public library\u2019s out-reach programs are.
\n\u201cI think my contribution is that I am a clear proponent of libraries, the Youth task group in Seneca county affecting families and children, coordinating agencies working in the county, and writing a Parent and Child grant.\u201d
\nShe is quite the public speaker and not shy about going before a board to tail twist for monies to fund her projects. She\u2019s even been on Cable Channel 12!
\n\u201cI\u2019m a strong proponent of library programs,\u201d she effervesced. \u201cI want to help people understand that the library is more than a book depository.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to make better use of the electronic resources,\u201d she stated referring to LAKEnet, a project funded by BOCES that will bring three high-speed inter-net lines into the Walworth-Seely Library. \u201cit is our policy to have open access–no filters on our inter-net lines–just as we do with our books in print.\u201d
\nThe next time you\u2019re in the library, make a point to stop by the counter to say hello to Mary. She\u2019s anxious to meet you.
\nThank you, Mary Zingerella. You are now a Walworthian with the accent on worth.
\n(NOTE: A version of this article appeared in my column Cornucopia, 10\/14\/1998 Wayne County STAR. Copyright \u00a9 1998, 2011 by Kate Chamberlin)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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