Newspaper clippings · March 4, 1976
Shari Petresky appointed head Hermosa librarian — Easy Reader profile
Profiles new librarian, reading interests and plans for young adults, comics, music and author-pseudonym aids.
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Beach People's Easy Reader, March 4, 1976
Shari Petresky appointed head Hermosa librarian
"Marian, the libraaaaarian;" now ensconced at the Hermosa Beach library, is a voracious reader who dotes on Gothics and mysteries, and knows which ones to recommend.
"I like to keep up on
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books," she avows, "so I can tell our readers what's new, something about it, and be ready to recommend ones they might like."
An "army brat" Shari Petresky was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and grew up - in the United States - just about everywhere - not to mention Japan, when the Army sent her father there for a two year stint at Misawa air base.
Shari, who lived in Hermosa Beach three years and Manhattan Beach before that, loves the beach ambiance. She has been with the Los Angeles County Library system since 1970. Before assignment here, she worked in West Gardena and Huntington Park branches.
Her goal materialized early. Because she loves to read, she always knew she would have to become a librarian, and she likes to work with children. So, after graduating from high school in San Diego, she got a degree from San Diego State College, and a master's degree in library science at the University of Texas (Austin). During her college days she also worked in libraries at San Diego State,
and as a book marker for Scripps Institute.
Hobbies beside reading? Travel. Despite extensive travel with her family, thanks to the United States Army, Shari loves it still. She treks frequently to Big Bear for skiing, and visits San Diego, her favorite city, as often as she can manage.
Changes she envisions for the Hermosa Beach library include expanding the young adult section; updating and increasing the music section; and creating a junior high browsing section. A special pet: she wants to bring in comics. Each family,
she noted, has readers and non-readers. She hopes to attract those non-readers with comics, to get them started toward true reading.
Another project she plans is listing authors' pseudonyms. It will help patrons to find more of their favorite reading when they know more about an author's aliases. Many authors write under a wide assortment of names.
Miss Petresky was introduced to the community at a recent meeting of the Friends of the Library.
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Beach People's Easy Reader, March 4, 1976 Shari Petresky appointed head Hermosa librarian "Marian, the libraaaaarian;" now ensconced at the Hermosa Beach library, is a voracious reader who dotes on Gothics and mysteries, and knows which ones to recommend. "I like to keep up.on
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Page 9 books," she avows, "so I can tell our readers what's new, something about it, and be ready to recommend ones they might like." ? An "army brat" Shari Petresky was born in fort Bragg, North Carolina, and grew up - in the United States - just about every- where - not to mention Japan, when the Army sent her father there for a two year stint at Misawa air base. Shari, who lived in Hermosa Beach three years and Manhattan Beach before that, loves the beach ambiance. She has been with the Los Angeles County Library system since 1970. Before assignment here, she worked in West Gardena and Huntington Park branches. Her goal materialized early. Because she loves to read, she always knew she would have to become a librarian, and she likes to work with children. So, after graduating from high school in San Diego, she got a degree from San Diego State College, and a master's degree in library science at the University of Texas (Austin). During her college days she also worked in libraries at San Diego State, and as a book marker for Scripps Institute. Hobbies beside reading? Travel. Despite extensive travel with her family, thanks to the United States Army, Shari loves it still. She treks frequently to Big Bear for skiing, and visits San Diego, her favorite city, as often as she can manage. Changes she envisions for the Hermosa Beach library include expanding the young adult section; updating and increasing the music section; and creating a junior high browsing section. A special pet: she wants to bring in comics. Each family, she noted, has readers and non-readers. She hopes to attract those non-readers with comics, to get them started toward true. reading. Another project she plans is listing authors' pseudonyms. It will help patrons to find more of their favorite reading when they know more about an author's aliases. Many authors write under a wide assortment of names. Miss Petresky was introduced to the community at a recent meeting of the Friends of the Library.