Springfield Employee Recognition: Bettye Barcan of the Library

Six Springfield Employees were recognized for their service to the Township at a morning “Mugging event” last week. 

Township Administrator Anthony Cancro gave six employees—including three retirees—with superlative service records mugs in recognition of their on-the-job achievements. The municipal employees recognized included library employees, police officers and maintenance workers.

Before presenting the mugs, provided by Investor’s Savings Bank, Cancro spotlighted how each employee earned the recognition, and thanked them each for “going the extra mile.”

Patch will highlight each employee recognized in the Mugging Event.

Bettye Barcan of the Library
Barcan joined the library in 1985 as a part time reference library. She quickly demonstrated her ability to provide excellent customer service to library patrons of all ages. In 1995, she was promoted to head of the Technical Services Department, where she turned a “mess” into a “model of efficiency and order.”

“Mix together a combination of energy, enthusiasm and humor, add a large portion of knowledge sensitivity and inquisitiveness,” Cancro read from a 1987 evaluation of Barcan. “Top it all off with good judgment and complete professionalism and you have Bettye Barcan.”

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