Lisa Wells is a rancher as well as the manager of the Moore Public Library, which gives her a reputation among community leaders for hardheaded practicality. So does her service as president of the rotary and her use of her Executive Leadership Institute fellowship to develop services for local businesses. Moore city manager Steve Eddy says Wells turned local officials into strong library advocates.rnWithin months of being hired, Wells convinced city leaders to fund both a library renovation and the branch's adoption of RFID as a pilot for the system. She says city officials joke that "if it costs money, if s one of Lisa's ideas!" But she made that investment pay off: 46,000 of Moore's 50,000 residents have library cards, over 3000 students participate in summer reading programs, and more than 700 people take part in library literacy programs.
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