Campbell community briefs for the week of April 23

Librarian gets read in

Stephen Fitzgerald has a new job with the Santa Clara County Library District, where he’s been working for more than a decade. On April 5 Fitzgerald assumed his role as deputy county librarian of community library development.

In this role, he will lead the work in resuming full public services at all county libraries and continuing to develop excellent library services.

Fitzgerald started with district in 2007 as a librarian at the Los Altos Library before becoming the supervising librarian for adults and teens at the Cupertino Library. In 2014, he became the community librarian at Milpitas Library, and was most recently the library services manager for literacy and learning.

Fitzgerald received the Employee Excellence Award in 2016 and was instrumental in launching passport services and bringing the grant-funded Smithsonian exhibit “Exploring Human Origins” to Santa Clara County.

The district “already offers a number of valuable and engaging programs, from family concerts to teen events to author visits, as well as crucial resources for student learning, ESL/ELL learning, and learning to read,” Fitzgerald said in a statement. “My goal is to build upon these programs and offer even more educational and entertaining opportunities to our patrons.”

“Steve brings a calm leadership style and strong dedication to improving public library experiences,” said County Librarian Jennifer Weeks. “He knows the ins and outs of the library system, having worked at several of our community libraries and the Services and Support Center for over 14 years. We are fortunate to have his expertise as we move ahead in these new times.”