Caroline Young

Caroline Young is an Adult Services Librarian at the Boston Public Library (BPL). She is an active member of Boston’s Asian-American community and is very excited about the new Chinese materials the library is acquiring. “We now have a cataloging system for Chinese books. This means that people can look-up what books are about and even reserve them online,” she said.

Young, a Librarian at the BPL for over 27 years works hard to encourage the Asian-American community to utilize the library’s resources. She is conducting a fall and spring book discussion in Mandarin and takes great pride in making sure she chooses a book to which everyone can relate. “I have to be very careful when choosing a book. I want to make sure that it will be something people from all backgrounds can enjoy and appreciate.” Young’s book discussions are held in the McKim Conference room on Sundays at 1:30 p.m.

In addition to her discussions, Young works hard to notify the Asian population about the library’s latest events. She writes advertisements and flyers and posts them in local Chinese newspapers.

She also created a Chinese poetry wall that encourages patrons to become interested in different Chinese authors and was recently able to create a very successful book display where she laid out several well known Chinese titles, most of which were checked out within a week.

If you would like to know more about the Chinese services that are available at the Boston Public Library visit the events page at http://www.bpl.org/news/upcomingevents.htm.