Meet Our Director: Vince Giordano

Vince Giordano is the 11th library director of the Juniata County Library and has been with the library since April 2015.

Vince began working in libraries in November 2010 as a volunteer at the Martin Memorial Library in York, PA. He later worked in Martin's Information Services department, at Memorial Hospital's medical library, and with the York County Library Systems integrated library system (ILS) In less than 5 years of working in libraries, Vince was hired as the library director at the Juniata County Library.

Vince works with diverse learners to expand their knowledge, find resources, and help navigate our changing world. Over 15 years of working in urban, medical, and rural libraries, each varying in size, Vince has assisted a wide variety of readers and learners with unique information-related interests and needs. Vince believes in assisting learners of all ages in finding the information they need in various formats to advance their lives and literacy. 

Vince oversees the daily operations of the library and works in a variety of settings within the library, including working with the board of trustees to strategically place the library in the community, managing the library's technology infrastructure, coordinating volunteer activities, buying books, training staff, and writing a weekly column for the local newspapers. To get away from his dual-screen computer setup, Vince even goes outside and trims the hedges (he thanks his Dad for teaching him how to landscape).

Vince serves in a volunteer capacity with various library-related boards and committees. He is a past chair of the SPARK Usergroup, the Pennsylvania Library Association's Teaching, Learning, and Technology (TL&T) Roundtable, and the PaILS board.

Vince earned a Bachelor's degree in History and Secondary Education from Shippensburg University in 2009 and a Master's degree in Library Information Science (MLIS) from the University of Pittsburgh in 2016. 

In his free time, Vince enjoys reading Michael Connelly's books and editing the map of the GPS app Waze.

Contact Vince: 717.436.6378 | juniatalibrary@juniatalibrary.org