Miranda Burton is the new director of Edinburgh Wright-Hageman Public Library.
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EDINBURGH — Edinburgh has a new library director.
Miranda Burton was recently hired as Edinburgh Wright-Hageman Public Library’s new director.
She has already started her duties and is excited to get settled in. Burton hopes to bring more patrons into the library and make it a welcoming space for all, she said.
Burton is a lifelong resident of Edinburgh. She graduated from Edinburgh Community High School in 2016 and Franklin College in 2020. Before working at the library, Burton was a teacher and cheerleading coach at the high school. Burton said she is excited to take on the role of director and hopes to hit the ground running.
She wants to expand programming at the library and make its resources known and available for community members, she said.
Above all, she wants people to know that she cares about the community and the library and wants to be a positive force for both, she said.
“I was born and raised here, all of my family is from here and they have several generations, so it’s important to me that our community looks good and we can have a part in that,” Burton said.
With her teaching background, Burton hopes to use the same skills she learned in the classroom and promote literacy at the library. She hopes to partner with local schools as well. Burton has a lot of ideas for the library’s future and hopes to develop them into solid plans soon.
She’s most excited to get community members involved with the library. Growing up, Burton didn’t know about the resources at the library herself — something she hopes to change for other families in Edinburgh, she said.
“So it’s kind of important to me that the information does get out,” Burton said. “I always saw the posters and things like that, but my family, we didn’t utilize it like we should, so that’s something that I want to make sure that I promote as much as I can.”
Burton has been working with other library directors around the state for inspiration and advice. Burton wants patrons to know above everything else that the library is a resource and that anyone in the community can get a library card.
“Everyone is welcome here,” Burton said. “We try to have an environment where everyone can thrive and that’s what our goal is, to promote literacy for everybody and be a good resource for everyone in our community.”
