By Logan Wells, News Director | Logan@kymnradio.net
Two of Northfield Public Library’s staff were recently recognized for their work. Library Director Natalie Draper and Outreach Director Angelica Linder were named by the Library Journal as the 2025 Movers and Shakers. The award recognizes 50 people from across the United States as some of the people shaping the libraries of the future. Recipients of the award are named to one of 5 categories: Advocates, Change Agents, Community Builders, Educators, and Innovators. The Library Journal has the highest circulation among any librarianship journal.
Draper was recognized in the change agents category for her work of inclusion and expanding programs at the library. The Library Journal noted items like hiring a bilingual staff to expand the library’s outreach, paid internships with support from the Community College Collaborative, and expanding the art programs in the community.
Read Draper’s Full Profile Here
Linder was recognized as a community builder with her work being noted for helping develop programs like Growing Up Healthy. She was also recognized for helping provide services at the library, as well as translations, and was particularly noted for her work in helping create and implement the Municipal ID and starting the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in Northfield.
Read Linder’s Full Profile Here
Northfield Mayor Erica Zweifel praised the work of the two and thanked them for their contribution to the Northfield community, stating the award was well deserved:
“They were recognized as movers and shakers by Library Journal, so we all knew that was true. It’s just now been affirmed. So, congratulations to everyone.” – Erica Zweifel, Northfield Mayor
Indeed, congratulations and thank you for your contribution to the Northfield community. You can hear from Draper each month on KYMN Radio about this month in events at the Library on the first Friday of the month at 8:40am, and from several staff of the library on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 9am with Library Love.
The two will be recognized at an event in the Library Atrium on May 27th from 9:30-11:00am
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