Hi everyone!
My name is Stephanie (though you are welcome to call me Steph) and if all goes according to plan, I should be graduating next semester. I am 29 years old, from Monterey County here in California and currently work full-time as a Library Assistant at my hometown library. I actually did my high school community service hours here so these past seventeen months working here have felt like a full circle moment!
Just Tony Stark and I chatting in DCA last summer!
Growing up, the public library was my sanctuary and where I would go when I needed to desperately find a new place to escape reality. As a result of this, my area of interest in the LIS field is for public librarianship. I love working with the public, children and adult alike, and assisting them with whatever it is they may need help with. I love helping the kids who come in for help with their reading and doing story times every other week. I love setting up book displays and seeing people interact with them. I know being a library assistant is much different than being a librarian and that it comes with stresses that I currently do not possess, yet I look forward to the day when I get to claim that title. As with all of the courses that I have taken, I hope that this course broadens my understanding of libraries and what the future may hold so that I am better equipped to serve the community that I serve.
Some other things about me: I love reading, coloring, walking, doing puzzles, and cooking. I am a huge Tony Stark, Harry Styles, One Direction, and Olivia Rodrigo fan. I love watching anime, though I currently do not have much time to watch much of it because of work and school. I recently got into the graphic novel version of The Baby-sitters Club thanks to one of the kiddos from the library and I have to say, they are very entertaining!
I wish you all the best in this new year and look forward to interacting with you all and learning alongside you this semester!