Michele Welsh -Horst
<br />Amy Stran Mitchell
<br />Helana Lechner
<br />Ross Holland
<br />Jaime Dufresne
<br />Stephen Bulick
<br />Briefly
<br />My interest in serving on the
<br />Simply stated, I am interested in
<br />I love serving on the LBoT because
<br />Over the years both myself, my
<br />The local public library has
<br />I am a fan of libraries. I believe that
<br />explain
<br />Library Board of Trustees stems
<br />serving on the library board because
<br />I feel that so many citizens of
<br />wife and family, adults and
<br />been central to my world for as
<br />librarians are the keepers humanity's
<br />your
<br />from both my passion for books
<br />I absolutely love reading and love
<br />Superior and Louisville use the
<br />children, have been avid users and
<br />long as I can remember. When I
<br />collective conscious and that libraries
<br />interest in
<br />serving on
<br />and a desire to play an increased
<br />part in contributing to our
<br />the library and want to give
<br />something back to Louisville. Books
<br />library so it is the biggest
<br />contribution of my volunteer time
<br />supporters of libraries wherever
<br />we have lived. This has continued
<br />was in elementary school,
<br />librarians introduced me to the
<br />play a crucial role in supporting
<br />civilization. My family have always
<br />the Library
<br />wonderful city of Louisville. I have
<br />are a gateway to other worlds, other
<br />to my neighbors.
<br />since our arrival in Louisville two
<br />sly works of Agatha Christie
<br />been library patrons. We are all
<br />Board of
<br />been an avid reader and loved
<br />viewpoints, other people's lives, and
<br />years ago. There is hardly a week
<br />and the loquacious and wistful
<br />readers.
<br />Trustees.
<br />books all my life. My first job was
<br />in our current political environment
<br />I also feel that serving on the LBoT
<br />goes by we do not use the
<br />words of L.M. Montgomery. In
<br />as a page at my local suburban
<br />branch library, and I also worked
<br />we all could use more empathy and
<br />insight. The library is a place in our
<br />advances literacy for all people.
<br />resources provided by the
<br />Louisville Library. As a new
<br />middle school and high school,
<br />when I felt out of place
<br />Much of my education has involved
<br />libraries. My family regularly visited
<br />at my college library and at a
<br />community where we who can read
<br />resident of Louisville this has been
<br />amongst my peers, the library
<br />the North Hills Public Library in the
<br />small library in rural Wisconsin.
<br />(and we are fortunate in Louisville to
<br />important to us.
<br />was a place of refuge and
<br />Pittsburgh suburb where I grew up. I
<br />During and after college I worked
<br />be predominately literate) are nearly
<br />comfort. In college, it was a
<br />worked in the college library for most
<br />at three different bookstores: two
<br />equal. As city/library district
<br />Prior to coming to Louisville I have
<br />peaceful haven for reflection
<br />of my undergraduate career and
<br />chains (remember B. Dalton?) and
<br />residents, we all may get a library
<br />had extensive experience in policy
<br />and study. As an adult, I have
<br />contemplated becoming a librarian. I
<br />one independent. For 29 years I
<br />card and freely access the ideas in
<br />development and strategic
<br />found he library to be a source
<br />acquired a masters degree in library
<br />have worked as an editor in book
<br />thousands of books. I would like to
<br />planning, not only as a former
<br />of connection, community, and
<br />science. While doing the latter I
<br />publishing, most recently for 10
<br />serve on its board to ensure the
<br />Dean of the Australian College of
<br />continued learning through
<br />became interested in bringing
<br />years on trade nonfiction titles for
<br />Louisville library continues to be an
<br />Pharmacy Practice, but also
<br />different life stages. When my
<br />computing to the library in a way that
<br />various imprints at Hachette Book
<br />equalizing and magical community
<br />through my involvement in local
<br />son was born, my outlet for
<br />preserved the best that libraries had
<br />Group's Boulder office. My two
<br />resource. I can't imagine a life
<br />government cultural planning
<br />connection to other new
<br />to offer, which led me to become a
<br />daughters attended Louisville
<br />without reading and would like to
<br />committees, most recently with
<br />parents and parenting
<br />software engineer and acquire a PhD
<br />schools from kindergarten
<br />through high school, which
<br />help others in Louisville feel the
<br />same way. Serving on the library
<br />Coffs Harbour City Council,
<br />Australia.
<br />resources was the Mommy and
<br />Baby Sing -along, the parent
<br />in Information Science. One of my
<br />jobs as a graduate student was
<br />happily provided many
<br />board is one way to help.
<br />classes, and speakers at the
<br />teaching basic programming courses
<br />opportunities for community
<br />involvement. I was a Junior Great
<br />Practically, I see opportunity for the
<br />Having been always involved I
<br />local affairs, I am keen to continue
<br />Cambridge Public Library. Now,
<br />for the first time in my adult
<br />to library science students. Later,
<br />while a Member of Technical Staff at
<br />Books leader while they were at
<br />library to change and grow as
<br />this activity and become further
<br />life, I have purchased a house
<br />Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, I
<br />Fireside Elementary, a Girl Scout
<br />leader for both girls' troops for 12
<br />Louisville is changing and growing,
<br />and I would like to help guide that
<br />involved in my new community.
<br />This opportunity to support our
<br />and am setting down roots in a
<br />lovely, friendly little city. I am
<br />taught library automation as an
<br />adjunct in Rutgers' School of
<br />years, and editor of the PTSO
<br />change. I have lived here for nearly
<br />local library service in this manner
<br />excited to be a part of this
<br />Communication and Information.
<br />newsletter and a fundraising chair
<br />20 years and watched the library
<br />seems to be a match with my
<br />community and I choose to
<br />for the Music Boosters at
<br />grow from a book repository in a
<br />interests.
<br />reach out and serve others
<br />I went to Bell Laboratories to work on
<br />Monarch High School, among
<br />non-descript building to downtown
<br />through the place that has
<br />computing applications for the library
<br />many other volunteer activities.
<br />centerpiece of physical and
<br />I therefore believe that my
<br />always been my source of
<br />network. While there, I built one of
<br />electronic resources. I have used the
<br />background and experience make
<br />refuge, peace, community, and
<br />the earliest online public access
<br />The library has been a central part
<br />library as a single person, a married
<br />me a suitable candidate to be a
<br />learning: my local library. I am
<br />catalogs, which led me to problems
<br />of our family's connection to
<br />Louisville since we moved here
<br />person, a parent, a businessperson,
<br />and it has met my needs in all those
<br />member of the Library Board of
<br />Trustees.
<br />excited to give back to the
<br />community of Louisville by
<br />of information retrieval, which led
<br />me to problems of natural language
<br />from Boulder almost 20 years ago.
<br />roles, yet I see opportunity for
<br />volunteering on the board of
<br />text processing, and then to
<br />I think we have visited the library
<br />improvement. I have served on
<br />trustees. I hope to help
<br />multimedia because not all
<br />at least once a month (or once a
<br />week in the summers) that entire
<br />several non-profit boards and have
<br />experienced the fun and the
<br />connect others to the library
<br />through enhanced community
<br />intellectual assets are textual.
<br />time. My daughters have
<br />participated in summer reading
<br />programs, Louisville Art
<br />Association school art displays,
<br />challenges of board development,
<br />budgets, and long-term strategic
<br />planning. I have also worked in state
<br />government and respect the
<br />programs and endearing
<br />outlets like the Little Libraries.
<br />Though my professional interests
<br />moved on somewhat, I never lost my
<br />interest in libraries.
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