Ruby celebrates 30 years as Ipswich librarian

What an accomplishment! Ruby Bosanko has been the librarian at the Ipswich Public Library for 30 years.

Help the library board celebrate Ruby's milestone by attending an open house on April 10 at the library, from 2 to 4 pm.

When Ruby started at the Marcus P. Beebe Memorial Library, there was a paper card catalog; newspapers and magazines were available to hold and read; the list of library card holders was in a three-ring binder. Research was done in person or by letter. Buying new books for the library was done at a bookstore.

Through the years, when you walked into the library, Ruby would p...