Welcome to The Open Book

Hello. My name is Terry Buford. I am the director of the Irondequoit Public Library in Rochester, New York. Welcome to my blog, The Open Book.

Every day The Irondequoit Public Library delivers on its mission to serve the informational, educational and recreational needs of our community. Our friendly, professional staff provides residents of all ages with the opportunity to enrich and improve their lives with the best cultural, artistic and literary resources available. We work with parents to develop well rounded adults. We offer help in navigating our increasingly complex and technological world. We empower people through access to timely and accurate information.

Somebody once said that if you do what you love you’ll never work a day in your life. I guess I could say that about myself because I love my job. Who wouldn’t like doing this? Yet even people who love their jobs have frustrations. My biggest frustration is trying to get the message out about the value your public library delivers. The main goal of The Open Book is to communicate all the ways the Irondequoit Public Library makes our community a better place. In addition to library talk I will also occasionally cover issues relating to information and telecommunications and the growing role they play in our lives. I’ll also throw in some cool websites, book and media recommendations, guest posts from our talented, hard working staff and all things Irondequoit. If you know me you know we’ll have some plain old silliness and fun too.

The Open Book gives you all a chance to respond to what you see. Other visitors can see your comments and respond as well. Who knows? Maybe we’ll get a conversation going! In The Open Book I’ll tell you what I think. Just click where you see the word “Comments” and please do the same. I hope you will read The Open Book regularly, enjoy your visits, leave behind thoughtful comments and return often.