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Retiree of the Week: D.C. Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper

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This week’s pick for Retirement Roadster’s ‘Retiree of the Week’ is none other than Ginnie Cooper, who has served as chief librarian of the District of Columbia’s library system for the past seven years. You might be sitting there thinking that seven years is not really an incredibly long time spent working for an organization, but Cooper has proven that it is quality over quantity that really matters.

Ginnie CooperAccording to a Washington Post article by Macy L. Freeman, Cooper announced her retirement today, Wednesday May 29th, after leaving a tremendous impact on the libraries located in the U.S. capital. To name just a few of her great accomplishments during her tenure, Cooper renovated and/or constructed 14 neighborhood library branches, increased the number of books checked out from D.C. libraries to 3.7 million annually up from 1.2 million, and was awarded the Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Archicture for her leadership in the libraries’ transformations in March 2013.

There is much to be learned from this passionate, hard-working woman with a clear vision and the gumption to go after it. Our congratulations goes out to Ginnier Cooper, along with our wishes for a happy, healthy, and long retirement (although being honest, we’re not sure how long she is going to be able to stay out of the libraries!)

 


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