About

In January 2006, I began my first, full-time professional librarian position as a special librarian although I received my MLS degree in 1990 and have had previous forays into the profession.  My undergraduate studies included a double major in Education and Religion.

For 21 years, I worked full-time — mostly in senior executive management — for an international, 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization headquartered in my home state of Michigan.  Between career changes, I also successfully managed a mid-sized book store in Florida for a 300+ store chain and was the Executive VP of an independent movie studio in Ontario, Canada.

I have lived at various times and in various locations in SE Michigan, SE Ontario, Central Florida, S. California, and N. Texas. My beautiful wife is originally from Bogotá , Colombia.

I will post to this site a running commentary on my solo librarian “…experiences setting up a library from scratch…and on a shoestring budget” along with relevant links and posts from others that I find helpful in my position and in keeping me current with the state of librarianship. [This is a non-commercial, personal blog not associated with my employer.]

UPDATE:  On September 2, 2009, my position as special librarian was eliminated due to across the board budget cuts affecting 20 employees. This blog will continue as I seek a new position.

You may want to know the answers to these questions: “Why did you become a librarian? Why did you take your current position?”

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Header Photo: Taken from my canoe on the fabulous and beautiful north-flowing St. Johns River near DeLeon Spings, FL

Top Photo at the Vicksburg National Military Park (Standing in front of the remains the “USS Cairo Gunboat, a union ironclad commanded by Thomas O. Selfridge sunk by a Confederate mine, in the Yazoo River, Mississippi, 12 December 1862.“)

Below Photo from the U.S. Naval Historical Center: (USS Cairo in port on the “Mississippi River area during 1862, with a boat alongside her port bow, crewmen on deck and other river steamers in the background.”)