There's a new

face greeting visitors at the Fayette County Public Library. Sherri Bowers,

a Georgia native and former employee of the Atlanta Fulton County public

Library, is the new public services librarian.

Bowers, a Morrow

resident for the past 10 years, has a long history with libraries, beginning

with visits as an avid reader from a very young age. Bowers grew up in

Danburg, Ga., and was taken to the Mary Willis Public Library, which,

according to the Georgia Historical Society, was one of the first free

(without a subscription fee) public libraries in the state. Her parents,

both voracious readers themselves, encouraged their daughter's love of

reading.

It is not surprising

then that she has worked at a umber of different libraries over the years,

including a medical library, a junior college library, the Atlanta newspapers

library and the New York Public Library. While at the New York Public

Library, Bowers served as the sound recordings librarian. Compact discs

were increasing in use during her tenure at the library and she created

the CD management program.

In addition

to her work as a librarian, Bowers recently went