Farewell Ann

Yesterday was a day of bittersweetness. We celebrated the birthday of Aretha Jackson-Africa and we also mourned the departure of Anneline Teixeira.

Ann has been working at Brooklyn library for 17 years as well as having volunteered for 2 years prior to her 17 years. Over the years she built up the wonderful childrens collection that we have and poured her heart and soul into her work and into the community. She is well known by all of our library patrons, having established relationships with many of them.

On the morning of her last day we had a farwell breakfast for her. Tears and laughs were shared and it can definitely be said that she left us with many fond memories. We hope that she will miss us as much we are missing her presence in the library and that her new life ventures are filled with excitement, happiness, joy and love. 

Ann was a wonderful spirit and energy in the library and will always be remembered here. We do hope that she returns to the service one day and that her time spent at home raising her little ones is fullfilling and enjoyable.

Much love

The Brooklyn Library Team
xxx

2013 - Welcome to blogspot Brooklyn Library

A new year brought on an inspiration to create a blog for Brooklyn Public Library in Cape Town, South Africa. After much procrastination, we set off and created our current blog. What we hope to achieve with our blog is to keep our patrons up-to-date with all our new book additions, competitions and various holiday programs that we hold throughout the year. It will also provide a space for book reviews from our staff as well as recommended reads .

With that said, we are only in the beginning process of entering the social media and blog world and hope for patience as we perfect our blog and facebook page.

Happy Reading

The Brooklyn Library team