Several participants put their capsule bios as comments on the Front Page.
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Michael Sauers is currently the Technology Innovation Librarian for the Nebraska Library Commission in Lincoln, Nebraska and has been training librarians in technology for more than 13 years. He has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller. He earned his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy. Michael's ninth book, Searching 2.0 was published February 2009. He has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, regularly contributes to the Uncontrolled Vocabulary podcast, runs Web sites for authors and historical societies, is vice-chair of the Nebraksa Library Association's Information Technology and Access Round Table, takes many, many photos, and reads about 120 books per year.
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Angela Kroeger is the Cataloging Project Coordinator at the Criss Library at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She has worked full time at UNO since 1995, and has been in Cataloging since 1997. While some would say the devil is in the details, she thinks enlightenment and joy are in the details as well. She is presently Vice-Chair of the NLA Paraprofessional Section.
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Stan Schulz: ( 68467lib [at] gmail.com )
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Pat Leach is Director of Lincoln City Libraries, where she has worked for 30 years. She's finishing up her annual project of reading "all of most and some of all" of the ALA Notable Books list for adults. She blogs about that project and other library-related topics. Her top concerns are continuing education and motivation of library staff, the library horizon, and communicating our commitment to libraries.
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Robin Clark is the Director at Sump Memorial Library in Papillion since December 2008. She is adjusting to her new job and and living back in Nebraska. She has a strong interest in technology because of her computer services background. She has presented at both NLA and MPLA. She is interested in change and the transition process from what has always been done to what needs to be done and how it is accomplished in libraries. Robin is active in NLA and is currently the PLTS Vice Chair.
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Marty Magee is the Nebraska and Education Liaison for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region and has been in this position since 2003. Her interests are promoting health education (of course) , through conference exhbits, presentations, webinars, classes, articles and anything else she can think of! Special sub-interests within the library world are the business side, use of technology, and keeping people motivated to learn. If you're not on the train---you'll be left in the dust! I suspect since those of us writing on the blog, are attending this session, we're all "on the train."
Comments (8)
Sherri Hausmann said
at 8:46 am on Oct 8, 2009
Sherri Hausmann is a media specialist at Madison Middle School in North Platte. Madison, a school of 200 students, has 150 new netbooks this year. Other technology includes Smartboards in the media center and most classrooms. The media center has 80 CPS clickers, 15 digital cameras and 11 Flip camcorders available for check out. Sherri is always looking for new technology and applications that will benefit the school.
Kirsten Wood said
at 11:26 am on Oct 8, 2009
Kirsten Wood is the Children's Librarian at the Plattsmouth Public Library. I am currently finishing my bachelor's in Library Science at UNO and will graduate in December 2010. I have been at the library since 2005. but grew up in the stacks here. I am looking for new ways to approach programming for children and outreach programs.
Angela Melia said
at 1:19 pm on Oct 15, 2009
Angela Melia is the new Library Director at the Shelton Township Library. She just graduated with her B.A. in Library from CSC last spring and is hoping to continue her education online with a Master's Degree this spring, if not, next year. She's looking for ideas and information to help her library along.
Chrystal Dawson said
at 4:18 pm on Oct 15, 2009
Chrystal Dawson is the Access Services Specialist at the Bellevue University Library in which I have been here for 8 years. One of my primary job responsibilities is obtaining copyright permissions for faculty & staff members, so I am always searching for new websites and tools to post on our Copyright Center website! I am also just looking forward to meeting and talking with all of you in hopes of bringing back new ideas to our library!
Martha Grenzeback said
at 10:00 pm on Oct 15, 2009
OK, I'll put mine in the right place, too. Martha Grenzeback is a librarian at the Baright Public Library in Ralston, currently also a clerk at the Swanson branch of the Omaha Public Library, but about to start work as a library specialist at the Abrahams branch of OPL. She received her MLS last May, after a lifetime spent as a translator from Spanish, French, and Hebrew. Always interested in finding new tricks for old dogs....
Wendy Anderson said
at 8:03 am on Oct 16, 2009
Wendy Anderson is the Manager of the Elkhorn Branch of the Omaha Public Library. She has worked in libraries since 1985.
She is also on the School board of St. Patricks Elementary School in Elkhorn, where the enrollment has topped 700 this year.
She acted as a library consultant to the 10 year old school as they planned their new media center which opened in the fall of 2008. As a new participant in Facebook she has found this as a handy way of communicating with family and friends on a global level. She loves to travel and has been able to use her art museum experiences to lead an Art Appreciation series at the Elkhorn Branch Library.
cwielechowski@... said
at 9:16 am on Oct 18, 2009
Claudette Wielechowski(will-a-chow-ski) is a Library Media Specialist at Adams Middle School in North Platte.We have extended out technology media items extensively in the past four years adding ELMOs, CPS Clickers and Chalkboards, a portable SmartBoard, and RCA Small Wonder cameras. Our school system worked on its Technology Plan last year. With budget concerns, we are always considering what programs are best for our students and enjoy listening to what other libraries are doing.
Marguerite Miller said
at 11:04 am on Oct 23, 2009
Marguerite Miller is the Media Specialist at the Archdiocese of Omaha Media Center, and a former clerk at the Abrahams Branch of the Omaha Public Library. She is currently halfway through the MLS program and is vice-chair of the Paraprofessionals. She enjoys learning anything library related, traveling, cooking - my new play toy is the wok, and family.
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