Cranberry Library Welcomes New Youth Librarian

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA - The Cranberry Public Library has a new youth services librarian. Glynnis Flores has joined the staff after working at various community libraries across the state.

An Oil City native, Flores majored in English as an undergraduate with a concentration in writing at Westminster College. She also holds a master’s degree in library sciences from the University of Pittsburgh.

In Cranberry’s children’s library, patrons ranges from infants to sixth grade school-age children. “I hope to have a chance to work with the babies, preschoolers, young elementary, and older elementary children,” she said. “I hope to offer something for everyone up to 10-year olds.”

“What’s important to me is instilling a love of reading and literacy in young children starting from infancy,” she said. “I definitely believe in the printed word, but I am very excited in Cranberry to utilize the technology we have, starting with the way I run story times.”

As a competitive swimmer for an Oil City aquatics team, Flores currently closing in on a 100-mile challenge which began this past September and concludes March 4. She is just 7.5 miles from reaching that goal – one she chips away at in increments several mornings a week in the Butler YMCA pool.

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