Librarian shakes things up
A former Cupertino Library employee was among the Movers and Shakers Award-winners recognized in this month’s Library Journal. The award highlights 50 individuals who help move library work forward, as advocates, community builders, change agents, innovators, educators and “ban battlers.”
Clare Varesio, library services manager for the Santa Clara County Library District and former community librarian responsible for Cupertino Library, served as the point person on two major health-related initiatives in 2023. One was a partnership with the Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services Department to bring mental health access programs to district libraries. Varesio also helped organize community workshops on administering the anti-opioid overdose drug naloxone—also called Narcan—to someone experiencing an overdose. Nearly 400 community members learned how to recognize an opioid overdose and how to safely administer the life-saving nasal spray.
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Varesio has been with SCCLD since 2007. She is one of two librarians in the Santa Clara County Library District to be named a Mover and Shaker. Elizabeth Muñoz-Rosas, who serves as the children’s supervising librarian at the Gilroy Library, also won an award.
“Our 2024 Movers represent a range of innovative, proactive and supportive work; they are imaginative and kind and brave in a world that needs those qualities—and the results they produce—very much,” said Library Journal executive editor Lisa Peet in a statement.
History day trip
Bay Area Older Adults is hosting a Walnut Creek History Day Trip on May 24, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Participants can learn about the history of Walnut Creek in the 1800s and 1900s via a walking tour of the downtown area, a tour of an historic home and a homestyle Peruvian lunch. For more information and to register, visit www.bayareaolderadults.org/BAO-May2024-day-trip.
