The Plainview Library community is looking ahead into its future. In the last few months, Joseph Eisner was re-elected to the Plainview/ Old Bethpage's (POB) Library Board of Trustees and Jane Moore was hired to be the POB's new reference department manager.

Jane Moore's favorite part about working in the library is getting to meet the people. "I'm a people-oriented person... I'm there to help," she said. Although Moore just started her job as the new reference department manager in May, she is extremely excited about her job thus far.

Moore gushes over the popularity of the library's Internet courses. She said that although the library is only able to accommodate a dozen or so people at this time for the program, they get hundreds of applications. Moore is also excited about the possibility for improvements of the interlibrary functions that connect all the Nassau country libraries. Moore said that the county is considering switching from the system they use now (ALIS) to the one used in Suffolk County which is more intricate. She would also love to expand the collection of non-print materials in the forms of e- and rocket books, add more computers and update the library's Internet homepage more often. Although she knows this is a lot, Moore plans on accomplishing it one step at a time.

Although she now deals with the administrative part of the library system, Moore loved being a librarian and leading book discussions. "The key to a good discussion book is something with meat on it," said Moore. The book also has to have an interesting plot and should deal with a type of problem whether it be a societal or a personal one.

Before working at the Plainview Library, Moore also worked as a medical librarian in various places and she was also a librarian at Half-Hollow Hills and Farmingdale libraries. She also received her bachelor of arts degree in speech pathology and a masters in library science and information science at C.W. Post.

Joseph Eisner, running unopposed, was recently re-elected to his fifth term on the POB library board of trustees where he has been serving the community since 1980.

After majoring in languages at Syracuse University, Eisner decided he didn't want to teach and decided he could use his skills to work in a library. After the Korean War where he was in the 6th Fleet on the Mediterranean, he received his master's degree in library science at Columbia University. Eisner then settled on Long Island with his wife. In 1955, Eisner became the first director of Plainview Library, which was then located in a single room, and a few years later, it was moved to a shopping center. In 1961, there was a town referendum and the now-standing Plainview Library was built.

In 1968, Eisner left the library world and took part in a federally aided project but, in 1972, he came back and decided to get involved in the library system again and became the administrator of the Plainedge library. In 1980, Eisner ran for the board of trustees for the first time.

Eisner said that although his job as an administrator and a member of the board can be construed to be similar, they're not. "As a member of the board I get a different perspective of the library," he said. On the board, Eisner is a policy maker and doesn't get the interaction with people that he does on a daily basis as the Plainedge Library's director.

Throughout his 40 years involved with the Long Island Library system, Eisner has seen a lot of changes in the functions of the library within the surrounding community. Today, fewer people are reading, especially women who are now involved in the work force. Eisner also admitted that few students come to the library as well because there are other sources for them to turn to for research purposes- mainly the Internet. When asked about his more memorable work-related experience, Eisner said that getting the referendum to get the Plainview Library built was pretty memorable. "We needed two-thirds of the school district to vote yes for the library which was a significant achievement," muses Eisner.

When not working, Eisner likes to spend time with his family. His three children are grown and now he has six grandchildren. Eisner also liked to solve crossword puzzles and read, especially The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.