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New library director looks forward

Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Published June 30, 2011 at 5:25 PM EDT
Library Director Mary Jean Jakubowski
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Library Director Mary Jean Jakubowski

By Joyce Kryszak

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wbfo/local-wbfo-975537.mp3

Buffalo, NY – Two weeks ago the Buffalo and Erie County Library appointed a new executive director to lead the financially strapped library system. But after 19-years with the library system, Mary Jean Jakubowski was no stranger to the challenges ahead.

WBFO's Joyce Kryszak talked with Jakubowzki, who said it has been a seamless transition.