Punk-rock isn’t normally an adjective
used to describe a librarian, but newto-
LHS Shelle Rosenfeld is definitely an
exception.
“She’s a very good source of knowledge,”
senior Amaiya Reeder said.
Shelle Rosenfeld doesn’t exactly look
like your typical librarian. She has the
glasses, but from her awesome hair to
her thin frame, her appearance screams
of the bands she used to perform with.
With Martha Oldham leaving the
library, Rosenfeld sees changes to be
implemented.
“To me, a library is a very vibrant
space, and it should definitely have some
action and some liveliness to it. Libraries
are changing in a lot of different ways
and I want this to be a place where
students can come in and feel comfortable,”
Rosenfeld said. “So it’s a process
rebuilding and a process enhancing
what’s already here. But this is not my
space. This belongs to the students…
and as such I want to make sure what
we have and what we offer in the place
that the library is reflects the people that
want to come in here.”
Her attitude toward life is filled
with joy from her past experiences and
contentment of being in a profession she
loves. Rosenfeld practically grew up in libraries,
volunteering at the public library
since she was 9 and officially getting a
job there around college time.
“It just became my safe-haven,” she
said. “[It was] the place I felt really comfortable
and happy to be in.”
She then decided to go to Philadelphia
and earn a library-science degree
at Drexel University and continued her
education by getting a Master’s in English
Literature. Rosenfeld’s passion for
libraries has known no bounds.
“I cannot tell you how much I like
libraries, all kinds of libraries. They’re
just great,” Rosenfeld said. “It’s a place of
infinite possibilities.”
Senior class student council treasurer
Eric Martinez noticed the positive
way students took to Rosenfeld.
“A lot of people seem to really like
her, and she’s really nice,” Martinez said.
She’s a born and raised Lawrencianand
even went to high school here, but
when the job opportunity opened up she
had two thoughts, “Once a Lion, always
a lion,” and, “I swore I’d never go back.”
With mixed feelings, Rosenfeld came
to make the library what she always
wanted it to be: a place for students to
come read, learn and communicate.
“I started reading young. I read all
the time. I was kind of a nerdy bookworm
kid, and then a nerdy punk rock
in the corner kid — that whole thing.
Books have been a constant palace to
me.”