Library Staff
The library has always been an integral part of my life, keeping me rooted in my passion for reading and giving me a place to explore my curious questions about the world. How fortunate I felt to spend time after school, throughout college, and the early years of my career combing the stacks for books to get lost in and stories that would comfort or challenge me. Best of all was that I always knew the library would be a space I could come to for personal growth and community connection.
I’ve served as library director for several rural community libraries in both Northern New York and my new home state of Vermont, and I am excited to be a part of the rich and vibrant community here in Bristol through my role as library director. There is nothing I love more than helping inspire personal learning with valuable resources, setting the stage for engaging community conversations, and being a part of a collaborative process to build strong communities.
If I’m not reading, you can almost always find me out in the woods on nature walks with my family, knitting, or exploring the beautiful Green Mountain State. But most likely, I’m daydreaming about great books.
Katie Male-Riordan
Library Director
I've been in a lifetime love-affair with public libraries, and I am so excited to join the team here at Lawrence Memorial. Space, cats, magic, mythology, time travel, mysteries...as a child, I fell in love with stories and the idea that libraries were a place where I could learn anything. As an educator and a writer, I'm endlessly awed by all the different forms a story can take. Listen to an audiobook, gnaw on a board book, steep deeply in a chapter book series, play Zelda with friends, pour through a Noah Kahan album, explore a new graphic novel, be read to sleep...every day I'm encountering new forms, finding new stories, and new ways to learn literacy at any age. I can't wait to share all of this and learn alongside with you!
Jen Lazar
Children's Services Librarian
Books, community, and design – there’s not a better combination in my eye! I’m thrilled to be a part of the LML team where I’m able to bring my 10+ years of graphic design experience and my love for community and books together!
When I’m not at the library, you can find me tending to my gardens, hiking Bristol Ledges with my husband and pup, or with my nose in a book!
I’m currently on a memoir and contemporary fiction kick, but my literary preference is ever-changing.
Rebekah Cameron
Program Services Assistant
Gail Creeksong
Circulation Clerk
The town library has been a Happy Place for me since I can remember, wherever I've lived. And the five-year old me would be very happy to know that I still get to “play librarian”! Surrounded by books, connecting with folks, serving our community – I am relishing this post.
I can’t remember not being able to read, and books have been faithful companions throughout my life. I love digging into novels that sing to my heart and stretch my edges, picture books with juicy art, or illuminating nonfiction. I have a rotating pile next to my cozy chair but never give myself a bad time about not finishing (or even starting!) a book; life is too short to spend with books I don’t enjoy!
Hello library friends! I’m so happy to be here! I am a mom to two kids, a roller skater, a graphic novel and comic book fan, a volunteer board member and now Children’s Library Assistant. As a kid I spent most of my time reading and drawing, and I wanted to be a children’s book illustrator. I discovered the wide world of comic books as an adult and I’m so thrilled at the variety of graphic novels available now for people of all ages and interests – very different from when I was a kid. These days I love to draw my own comics, and I like to encourage others to make their own too. One of my biggest comics inspirations is Lucy Knisley; from her auto-biographical comic strips and memoirs, to her latest middle-grade fiction graphic novels, I’ve read them all. Whether it’s picture books or graphic novels, I just love the combination of words and pictures, working together to tell a story.
My family and I moved to Vermont in 2022 from Oregon. I love Bristol and I’m so excited I get to spend so much time in the library, meeting new people and discovering new books every day.
