Kelly Rist, the new director of the Delphos Public Library, has been settling in since her first day on Jan. 2.

“I started at Brumback in 1985 as a page, so I was there for 27 years. I started part time, then moved to full time and eventually became a reference librarian and then assistant director,” Rist said. “I saw in the paper that the Delphos library was looking for a new director. I saw it as an opportunity to advance to a director position, so I applied.”

Rist and her husband, John, live in Middle Point, which conveniently leaves the distance she drives to work unchanged.
“It’s funny, actually, because I went from driving 7.5 miles to Van Wert to driving 7.5 miles to Delphos,” she said.

Since she was first hired at Brumback, Rist has received a college degree in Secondary Science and is currently pursuing her master’s in Library Science at Kent State University.