Hello everyone! My name is Marlene and I live in Sacramento with my husband, daughter, and chihuahua-terrier Lily. I earned two bachelor degrees in Spanish and Religious Studies from UC Davis in 2014, and worked in the education field for a couple of years. Then I earned a Masters in Spanish from Sacramento State University in 2020 and the Covid 19 pandemic happened. I had been questioning my career as an educator while I was completing my masters degree, but the pandemic gave me the final push to pursue my dream career as a librarian. As a child, I wanted to become a librarian but I was dissuaded from it by being told it wasn’t a real career and it paid poorly. That notion stuck with me until I decided to just go for it. I enrolled at SJSU in Spring 2022 and got a part time job as a library assistant at a public library, and instantly knew it was where I was meant to be. Some of the roles I have in my library is being a Homework Center Coordinator, plan programs, catalog and manage the children’s collection, the Spanish children’s collection, and the Spanish adult collection, reader’s advisory, reference services, and translate for Spanish-speaking patrons and transcribe resources in Spanish. Doing the work that I do means I talk to a variety of people from different backgrounds; and I want to help improve the services that libraries offer to their patrons and their surrounding communities to meet their needs and create a better sense of belonging for any person that comes into a library.
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Poo poo to all of those naysayers! I am glad you put those negative comments to rest and decided to pursue your goal of becoming a librarian, I am sure your patrons are better for your decision. Thank you for all that you do!
Emily
Thank you, Emily! I’m glad I didn’t listen to them because if I did, I would have never found my calling. It’s amazing to see so many others find their calling in libraries. Have a great semester!
@marleneroblesortiz I am so glad you came back to librarianship! Your academic background in the other areas will be invaluable to you as an information professional.
Welcome to #hyperlib!
Thank you, professor! I really enjoyed my education experience and it has helped broaden my perspective in life in general. I look forward to learning so much more in this class!