Live-in Librarian

According to Canada’s Historic Places, the Zoé Vallé Library, in Chester, Nova Scotia, has a live-in librarian:Since 1978 the continuing support of the community has ensured the Zoé Vallé Library continues to operate as Chester’s sole library and it remains under the stewardship of a live-in librarian, making it a unique setting for a public library, while preserving its historical form. The historical associations related to the library’s origins as a gift from a summer resident, Zoé Vallé, continue to be preserved as her personal collection of books remain in the library, whose motto is inscribed on a commemorative plaque and reads “Here She Still Welcomes You.”Recent updates from the library suggest this is no longer the case—“The Village Clerk/Treasurer’s office has been situated upstairs in the former caretakers’ residence.”—but it’s delightful to think this was once the case.(via Katie).