NPL's Kahn Named Librarian of the Year

Leslie Kahn, head of reference services at the Newark Public Library and a part time librarian at the Plainfield campus of Union County College, was honored as the New Jersey Library Association’s 2013 Librarian of the Year at the association’s recent annual conference held in Atlantic City.  The award was created to recognize exemplary recent achievement by a working New Jersey Librarian making a significant contribution at any level of librarianship.

“We are so proud of Leslie and thrilled that she has been recognized by the New Jersey Library Association for her dedication to librarianship.  She is the quintessential reference librarian:  an avid searcher and researcher with the highest regard for our customers," said Wilma Grey, director of The Newark Public Library.

Kahn has served many years as The Newark Public Library’s head of reference.  She is also the project director for aschedule of grant funded computer classes in the Newark Public Library’s technology training center,  coordinates the contract with the New Jersey State Library to provide supplementary reference assistance to all libraries throughout the state and is an active participant in the New Jersey Library Association.