5 Questions with New Reisterstown Librarian

has a new branch manager, and her name is Abby Cooley. She’s 31, and she recently moved to Reisterstown from Baltimore. Reisterstown Patch caught up with her recently to learn about her job, her favorite books and more.

Tell me a little bit about your background.

I grew up in the Chicago suburbs. … [Prior to taking this job], I was manager of periodicals at the Pratt Library in downtown Baltimore. I’m a new Reisterstown resident as of two weeks ago.

What brought you to the Reisterstown library?

The Baltimore County public library system is known as being a great library system in the nation and a great place to work. When this job opened, it was appealing to me.

How have libraries changed since you were a kid?

They’ve always offered programming and a community hub. In that way they are still the same. Now, information is accessed in a different way. Our role is to still connect the customer with the information they are looking for--we just have different methods of doing that … [such as] e-books, audio books, etc.

What book are you reading now?

The book I’m reading is a young adult fiction [novel] called Spoiled. It is by the girls who do the blog Go Fug Yourself. It’s two authors. It’s like a Hollywood teen story, kind of like Mean Girls--good for the summer. I like the blog. I think it’s humorous.

What is the last book you read--for the second time?

I do read books for two times in a row. I think it might have been The Great Gatsby. I really like the time period.