Janie Hermann
Janie Hermann, public programming librarian at the Princeton Public Library in New Jersey, oversees the 2,000+ public programs put together by the amazing team she considers privileged to work with. Prior to this role, she was the Technology Training Librarian at Princeton where she founded the award-winning Tuesday Technology Talks series. In 2010 she organized TEDxNJLibraries and has since organized another dozen TEDx events under the TEDxPrincetonLibrary license. She currently co-chairs ALA's Programming Librarian Interest Group (PLIG), was named a Mover & Shaker by Library Journal in 2007 and is a frequent speaker at conferences on the local, state and national level. Janie’s spare time is spent at hockey rinks cheering on her son or her beloved Toronto Maple Leafs when they are nearby.