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Patience

About My Library

I have worked at the Alaska State Library since 1989 in Juneau and in Anchorage. I started as the government publications librarian, was the collection development librarian for a year (that's a long story!), and became the government publications librarian again, combined with the technical services supervisor. I moved back to Anchorage in 1999, where I have continued with the State Library as a the grants administrator; regional librarian for the Talking Book Center; state data coordinator for Alaska's public library statistics; and facility manager for the Anchorage office of the State Library.

I have also moonlighted since 1995 as a part-time reference librarian at the Egan Library at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau and have provided part-time reference since 1999 at the University of Alaska Anchorage Consortium Library. I really like this combination of administrative work at the State Library and direct patron contact at the university libraries.

About Me

I am a librarian living in Alaska who tries not to keep books any more. I've moved my books way too often, so now, when I get a book, I try to figure out how I am going to get rid of it after I've read it - turn it in for credit at the second hand bookstore? pass it on to a friend or my father? put it on the shelf in our breakroom at work for anyone to take?

I have become totally addicted to Library Thing because now I can add the books I've read to my profile and I can visit the books whenever I want. The pictures of the covers makes this especially satisfying. I only add books I have read or have used heavily, such as cookbooks and library science books I have used a lot at work.

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Anchorage, Alaska

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