Matthews Library Staff
Meet the dedicated staff who serve your reading and research needs here in northern Lebanon county!
Sheila Redcay, director
Favorite Books Read in 2011: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins; Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand; and The State of Wonder by Ann Patchett.
Sheila’s favorite genres to read are mystery and thriller, and she enjoys reading books by the authors Robert McCammon, Steve Berry and Joseph Finder. Sheila has a B.A. in English Literature from Lebanon Valley College. Selected as a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Scholar, she earned her Master’s degree in Library Science at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. She enjoys storytelling with puppets and created the Polka Dot City Puppet Theater at the library for people of all ages to enjoy. Sheila is a lifelong Rolling Stones fan and is considered by many of her colleagues to be the librarian “most likely to one day meet Keith Richards.” Her favorite part about working in the library is that she has “access to millions of books!”
Kathy Smith, assistant
Favorite Book Read in 2011: The Debt by Angela Hunt.
Her favorite authors include Max Lucado and Linda Goodnight; Kathy is a mother of a son and a daughter and enjoys spending time with her family and scrapbooking when she’s not working at the library. Kathy’s favorite part about working in a library is that she can help people find what they are looking for.
Angela Michael, assistant, blog writer, and website editor
Favorite Books Read in 2011: White Heat by M.J. McGrath; Fallen by Karin Slaughter; Sister by Rosamund Lupton; Now You See Me by S.J. Bolton; and The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant.
Angie loves to read crime/mysteries, suspense/thrillers and literary fiction and has been a longtime fan of the authors S.J. Bolton, John Connolly, Karin Slaughter and Anna McPartlin. Born and raised in Lebanon County, Angie is a graduate of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania where she earned a B.S. in Ed. An avid library patron from a very young age, Angie began working at the library in 2002 and launched the library’s blog, “A Series of (Un)Fortunate Reviews” in 2007. Her favorite parts about working in the library are cruising the online card catalog, finding new books to borrow and read, recommending great books to patrons, and the surprising comments from readers and authors received on the library blog. In addition to reading, she enjoys the scavenger hunt of the genealogy trail and developing her beginner’s sewing skills with creative projects.
Morgan Hevel, assistant
Favorite Books Read in 2011: The Luxe series by Anna Godbersen; Wicked by Gregory Maguire; The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins; and Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles.
Morgan enjoys reading Young Adult fiction, Fantasy, Romance, and Dystopian stories and is a fan of the authors Anna Godbersen, Simone Elkeles, Suzanne Collins, and Kenneth Oppel. She loves to read, especially during the spring and summer because she can read outside, and looks forward to majoring in marketing and minoring in theater arts at the University of Alabama. Morgan is proud to work at the library and enjoys her job because she gets to meet new people and help patrons find a book or fix a library computer.