Caryl Matute

Caryl Matute is Vice President of Branch Libraries & Patron Services, overseeing staffing, operations, and services at all of the Library’s neighborhood branches, including the flagship circulating branch the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL). Matute began her long, successful career at the Library in 1998 as a Librarian Trainee in the Bronx, progressing through the ranks as a Children’s Librarian, Branch Library Manager, Manhattan Borough Specialist for Children’s Services, and Bronx Borough Specialist for Teen Services. In 2007, Matute was appointed to a newly created position of Neighborhood Library Network Manager where she had overall responsibility for the branch libraries in northern Manhattan and subsequently in lower Manhattan.

In 2013, Matute became the new head of the Mid-Manhattan Library, now known as the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), where she developed and implemented strategic operational efficiencies and led the team through a period of extremely high attendance and circulation. She also led the branch through a transformative renovation: both collaborating with stakeholders to envision and develop a programmatic plan that met the needs of staff and patrons in the new space, and executing plans to temporarily operate the branch out of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building during construction. In October 2018, Matute also held the position of interim Chief Branch Library Officer and, most recently, Senior Director, Branch Libraries and Patron Services.

Matute has a BA and post graduate diploma from University of the West Indies, and a Masters in Library Science from Pratt Institute.