The Thayer Memorial Library announces that Susan Mello-Conroy, Children’s Librarian, will retire from her post on April 30, 2019. Susan has served as the Children’s Librarian since July 2003 and brought with her great ideas, resourcefulness, and a fearless demeanor to try new things and to reshape Children’s Services in the new millennium.

During her tenure as Children’s Librarian, Susan’s skill, ingenuity, and purpose-driven approach to service inspired her colleagues and gave a boost to children’s services. Among her many accomplishments were raising thousands of dollars from the George K. Progin Foundation, developing some of the Libraries most successful programs and updating the children’s collection for a new generation of young readers. Although not required of her, Susan also took on the added responsibility of managing the young adult collection and providing programs for Lancaster’s teenagers including starting the Library’s first young adult book discussion group.

Susan has significantly had a positive impact on everyone associated with Thayer Memorial Library. She definitely will miss serving and interacting with her constituents -the children and parents of Lancaster. She is also a reliable friend and a trusted colleague to all of us, and we all wish her well as she retires and begins the next chapter in her life.