Perhaps it’s just coincidence that Kelly Lenz has an Irish name and grew up in Dublin, Ga., a city named for Ireland’s capital.

The fact that Kelly is her first, not her last name, is just one of those things that would throw off an ordinary observer, but Kelly is a woman who has a certain je ne sais quoi. Je ne sais quoi is the French term for “I’m not sure what,” and indicates a quality that is at once mysterious and intriguing. It’s what makes James Bond a chick magnet instead of an ordinary flat-foot. It’s slightly magical, like what separates muggles from wizards in Harry Potter lore.

It’s not unusual then that Kelly is a Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling fan. Being a librarian is a perfect occupation for someone who is slightly magical and doesn’t want to broadcast the fact. She also enjoys Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series, Lemony Snicket, and especially “Flotsam” by David Wiesner, which is a story told entirely in pictures, with wonderful illustrations and no text.

Further confirmation of her magical status is the fact that she has two cats. The cats really dislike each other, she said. They started out with one cat — Catherine, and then acquired Tigger to provide a playmate for Catherine, but their cunning plan had a glitch in it. The cats are allergic to each other.

“I know that’s a cliché — librarians and cats. They go together,” she laughed. Both cats are females, she said, but they are very different personalities. They hiss and spit at each other, and take turns ambushing each other, like Inspector Clouseau and Cato in the “Pink Panther” movies.

“They just have this animosity,” she said, smiling.

Therapy is not an option, she said. Asked whether she had given any thought to getting rid of one cat so the other could have undisturbed rule of its domain, she said, “Oh no, we love them both. We’re very attached to them.”

Tigger is a very sweet, shy cat; very loving and lets Catherine boss him around. Catherine is very dominant and territorial. They are indoor cats. Kelly said that every once in a while they make a break for the door, a daring escape to the outside world. Yet, when they get beyond the threshold, they freak out and run back inside.

Had she thought about getting a dog to take their minds off hating each other? Kelly pondered the idea. “If there was a dog,” she mused out loud, “they’d have a common enemy they could hate together.”

She’ll have to consult Bradley about that possibility. Bradley is her husband and a student assistant at Florida State University, where he teaches humanities. The cats eat Science Diet — no human food, although she said they would if they got the chance.

Kelly has a degree in business administration and marketing from Valdosta State University and another in library and information studies from Florida State University. She’s currently working on her specialist degree.

South Georgia Regional Library hired her as assistant director of branches in 2008, supervising the other branches, ensuring compliance with library policy, overseeing programs, and coordinating

system-wide events, like the summer reading program. Her title has since changed to assistant director of public services.

One of her hobbies is collecting vintage fashion. She frequents antique stores in quest of antique costume jewelry and vintage clothing. She doesn’t patronize the high-end antique stores, but prefers “the junkie-looking stores with stuff cluttered around that are a mess.”

It’s like a treasure hunt, she said.