1974- Beth Wilson
I started working for the County of Los Angeles Public Library as a Children’s Librarian after I graduated. I did that for 2 years at Hawthorne and Norwalk and then took an In-Charge position at the Paramount Library. After 3 years with the County I quit to stay home with my children. When they were older I started working half time as a Reference Librarian at the Torrance Public Library and I was there for 15 years. During that time I got involved in local politics and served on the Torrance School Board for 8 years until I retired from that. I left Torrance PL to semi-retire and work a few hours a week at the Redondo Beach Public Library but after a year or so I got bored and decided that I wanted to get back in to library work full time. I came back to the County of Los Angeles Public Library System and I am now a Librarian V serving as Community Library Manager of the West Covina Library, one of the 5 Regional Headquarters libraries in the County system. We have kept libraries in the family because my daughter Sara is Executive Director of the Long Beach Public Library Foundation.
Beth Wilson
