Who+are+you?

=Team 5 LIBR 285-18= =Who are you?=
 * Where do you live?
 * Do you work? What do you do?
 * Family?
 * Why are you getting your MLIS?
 * Something quirky about you.
 * Anything else you would like to share with our team!

=Jamie Davis= Role:Tech Assist
 * 1) I live in Apex, NC but I am originally from Long Island, New York.
 * 2) I work for a call center from home but I also manage and run a web design business from home. (ProNERD.com)
 * 3) I have two fur babies...(Seymour and Lydia) who I spoil too much! Oh, yes! I shouldn't forget about my fiance, Michael. Love of my life.
 * 4) I love how the MLIS offers different opportunities. Eventually I would like to teach full time and work on instructional technology methods and curriculum. My dream job would be to teach college level courses from a distance. I love distance technologies and learning.
 * 5) When I was little I wanted to be an ice skater. I have only been ice skating once and I held onto the side the whole time. I'm better off around books.

=Adele Reid= Role: Agenda/MInutes/Editor
 * 1) I live in Sutton, Ontario, about an hour north of Toronto. Have 6 acres. Born and raised in this area. Been married almost 18 years to my high school "sweetheart" - we've been together since we were 15... now are both 43... two kids, one turning 11 in April and the other is 6. I'm a busy mom - hockey, soccer, riding. I also volunteer at my kids school and with soccer association. We own a shop, speciallizing in boats, agricultural equipment (you should see the antique tractors my husband has refinished) and industrial. I do all the business end for the shop. I don't sit down very often. Just do it is my motto - long before Nike started using it!
 * 2) I work at King Township Public Library, in King City Ontario. Full time, senior manager. I am officially Manager of Administrative Services - a catchall for my many hats. I LOVE the library world and so happy I found it. The MLIS - well, it is my ticket to bigger things, if I decide to do so. But, I really enjoy my classes and the people I meet - librarians are a special breed.
 * 3) Quirky - how about my need for speed... bet ya haven't ridden a snowmobile over 200km/h - I was radared doing that on my husband's performance "sled" on an airport runway. I am a tad wild in terms of trying most things once - white water rafting, deep sea fising, extreme ATVing, doing 400km trips by snowmobile (in one day) . I love hockey - and now that my son is getting older - I go to every game - saves watching the Toronto Maple Leafs losing most of their games. I wanted to play, but because I am a girl, my dad wouldn't let me. So, I figure skated for 10 years. I still skate with the kids, and have both hockey and figure skates. I can still do an axle... and Dad let me play soccer (Italian, remember?) - played rep for a few years.

=Megan Stith= Role: Leader/Facilitator At last week's farm machinery show (left) and Patrick probably doing something he's not supposed to (right):
 * 1) I live in Payneville, KY which is about an hour southwest of Louisville. Our county includes about 28,000 people, so it's definitely rural.
 * 2) I'm the head of children's services and director of programming at our county's public library. I conduct toddler and preschool storytimes, manage the children's collection, and do all the marketing, scheduling, and ordering for our programs. We're getting ready to move into a new building in a few months so I'm pretty busy at the moment!
 * 3) My husband works swing shifts and farms, so unfortunately he's not around as much as I'd like. We have a 14 month old son, Patrick, who I think is pretty awesome :) He enjoys trying to play with my computer, putting his toys in the washing machine, and chasing our robotic vacuum cleaner. We also have assorted critters like chickens, cows/bulls/calves, dogs, and a cat.
 * 4) I want to get my degree because I love learning and I want to be better at what I do. I also want to be the first non-director employee our library's had with an MLS. I like having the additional options and opportunities the degree makes available and wouldn't be opposed to working in administration either at my library or another organization.
 * 5) The most exciting thing that's happened to me in my career as a librarian just went down the other day- my application for the [|ALSC's Bookapalooza grant] was accepted! This means big things for the future of our library and will help boost the old resume. Hmmm...what else...I love dark beer, NPR, and have a background in animal science/ag economics. It seems like a far cry from libraries but there's a surprising amount of similarities. If there's anything else you want to know, just ask!