Describe yourself using a book title: Christ’s Servant Librarian Dancing on an International Tightrope
What’s the best thing about being a librarian? Connecting people with resources (people, print, electronic, counseling, training, etc.) to help them go beyond what they envisioned for their areas of interest or expertise. Be a sounding board to people see ways they could expand or enhance their ministry/mission.
Describe yourself using a book title: Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church or Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock.
What’s the best thing about being a librarian? I love meeting patrons’ needs. Finding the exact item that someone needed is so satisfying.
Describe yourself using a book title: Sense and Sensibility
What’s the best thing about being a librarian? Having the exact book (piece of information) that a person wants.
Describe yourself using a book title: A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears
What’s the best thing about being a librarian? The thrill of the hunt! I love learning new techniques for honing the research process and sharing these with students and faculty, and I also love getting to hear first-hand from passionate researchers about their quests.
Describe yourself using a book title: The Librarian as Missionary
What’s the best thing about being a librarian? I really enjoy being able to help people connect with a subject, particularly students. To listen to them talk about a subject and then be able to direct them to the right resource or topic to help encourage them to go deeper and learn more is always a great feeling.
Describe yourself using a book title: Compassionate Leadership
What’s the best thing about being a librarian? The variety in every day! Walking in you never know what you’ll encounter on a given day from the questions from patrons to odd issues you never thought you’d have to sort out. It’s amazing to learn something new every day.
Describe yourself using a book title: Boy from Nebraska
What’s the best thing about being a librarian? Having opportunities to serve a variety of groups with different information needs and utilizing an array of tools and resources in the library to respond to those needs.
Describe yourself using a book title: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
Describe yourself using a book title: Confessions
What’s the best thing about being a librarian? The best thing about being a librarian is building relationships with patrons and helping them in their intellectual journey.
