For this episode, Joe had the pleasure of sitting down with Karla Trout, Executive Director of the Lancaster County Library System in Pennsylvania, where she helps support 17 libraries. She describes her role as an umbrella "under rather than over" member libraries where she and her team are able to be a supporter of their direction and initiatives.

Karla has a unique journey that brought her into the library world. Despite not growing up reading or being read to often, she found a love for the value libraries bring to a community. In this conversation, we talk about what it's been like to lead in a library over the past year and a half, opening a library during the middle of the pandemic, reimagining spaces moving forward, library advocacy, the importance of giving yourself grace, and so much more. We loved this conversation, and believe it will be a support to you as well!

Show Notes & Video Version: https://www.agati.com/blog/karlatrout/

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