www.ted.com/Tedx …Leslie Burger is the Executive Director of the Princeton Public Library and a past-president of the American Library Association. While ALA president, she launched a variety of initiatives to help librarians transform their communities…. Leslie has been a devotee of change and innovation since she began her career in the mid-70's, always focusing her attention on how libraries can changes lives and amaze and delight their customers…. As director of the Princeton Public Library she builds partnerships with civic and community leaders to foster the library's role as the community's living room. She has convinced donors to give more than $20 million to support the library's capital and endowment campaigns. She continues to challenge the community's ideas about the role of the public library. The Princeton Public Library is now one of the top destinations in town attracting more than 850,000 visitors each year.

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