{"id":1270,"date":"2023-05-07T18:28:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T22:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2023-06-28T11:43:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T15:43:20","slug":"get-to-know-commissioner-vicky-biancolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/2023\/05\/07\/get-to-know-commissioner-vicky-biancolo\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know Commissioner              Vicky Biancolo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VickyBiancolo-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VickyBiancolo-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VickyBiancolo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VickyBiancolo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VickyBiancolo-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VickyBiancolo.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is your favorite thing about being a commissioner?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I particularly enjoy visiting libraries and getting inspired by the professionalism, creativity, thoughtfulness, and care I see in libraries across Massachusetts. I also appreciate being part of important conversations that affect library services for so many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you love about your local library?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have lived in Massachusetts for most of my life, and I have loved all of my local public libraries, from the tiny reading library in Richmond to Worcester\u2019s large, beautifully updated modern library. I love browsing the stacks, finding a comfortable chair, and tasting many different genres, authors, and subjects. I particularly appreciate that libraries are often the only indoor gathering spaces in a community where people are not required to purchase anything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBKayaking-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1274 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBKayaking-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBKayaking-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBKayaking-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBKayaking-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBKayaking-1539x2048.jpg 1539w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBKayaking-scaled.jpg 1923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>What do you like to do when you\u2019re not being a commissioner?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I work full time as the Director of Library Services at Worcester Academy. In my free time I love to travel, hike, kayak, read, and watch movies with my family.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What books have inspired you? *or* What book changed your life?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In high school I was introduced to Jane Austen, which started a life-long love affair with Regency-era drama. It was the first time I realized that people\u2019s hopes, wishes, and challenges of the past were pretty similar to those of today, and thereby made literature\u2013and history\u2013come alive for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBBooks-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1275 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBBooks-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBBooks-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBBooks-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBBooks-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/VBBooks.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>What are you reading right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tend to have two books going at the same time, one fiction and one nonfiction. At the moment I am reading <em>Anxious People<\/em> by Fredrik Backman and <em>Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent<\/em> by Dipo Faloyin.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is your favorite thing about being a commissioner? I particularly enjoy visiting libraries and getting inspired by the professionalism, creativity, thoughtfulness, and care I see in libraries across Massachusetts. I also appreciate being part of important conversations that affect library services for so many. What do you love about your local library? 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