Jill Rothstein
Chief Librarian
What I do at The New York Public Library
Chief Librarian at the Andrew Heiskell Library. Previously Branch Manager at 67th Street Library, Senior Children's Librarian at Bloomingdale Library
Why The New York Public Library
It's a great feeling to spend days in service to the community and the continuance of knowledge
Who am I?
Jill Rothstein has worked at the New York Public Library for 16 years, has been Chief Librarian of the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in NYC for five years, is a member of the Accessibility Working Group, and a core team member and mentor with the Innovation Project. They have presented at the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled conference, Metro Libraries conference, American Library Association, and Harvard's World Heritage Strategy Forum. Before that they sang and did silly dances for toddlers as a children's librarian and then did not sing as much as a neighborhood branch manager.
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