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Theresa- Nice to hear from you... it's great to have you as part of the community.

You may know this already, but there is also a discussion area that 's specific to New York workshop participants and it's located here: http://webjunction.org/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=252 .

Feel free to dabble around in there, as well.

Hope to hear more from you.

Hi There!
I am Robin Maly, the Branch Manager of the Alpine Public Library in Alpine, Az.
We serve a population of 500 in the winter to around 1000 to 1500, if you stretch it a little bit, in the summertime!
We are what you really call "RURAL"!
I have been at the library now going on 18 years...and it has been so much fun to "grow" with the library! My assistant is Evelyn Williams who has been here for going on 3 years now and is my "partner in crime"! Hahahahahah!
We are now trying to build a new library within the next 4 years...it will be interesting to see how things come along!
We pride ourselves on the programming we "come up with"...the programs are always different and we have patrons who attend them from all over the place...EVEN NEW MEXICO! We are only about 11 miles from the border...I just had to put that in...our programs consist of quilting classes, making cheese classes,beginner and advanced web page classes, an assortment of computer classes,stained glass classes with everything else in between! Of course we have the regular programs like Story Time with our famous Story Lady Janie Heiserman Horak, and a 4 week long Summer Reading Program.
We have 10 computers that are always in perfect running order and that is because I work on them at least once a week! They are scared of me and stay in tip top shape! We are planning to go with all lap tops and wireless internet in the NEAR future!
We also have lots of interesting "visitors" that come by to see us like "Flop" the rabbit and "Tinkerbell" the pigmy goat.
We also have to perform duties that most librarians don't regularly do, like snow plow the parking lot before work...this usually happens in November and lasts until the last of March into April.
The only thing else I have to share is that we always.... and I mean ALWAYS have fun at what we do!
Why work if you can't have FUN!
Hope to be talking with you all soon!

HI, my name is Beth Reitan, from Bottineau, ND. I am the librarian here at our library, Bottineau County Public. We employ a full time director, a full time librarian and a part time bookmobile driver that covers the county. Although I had no plans of working in a library when I was in college, I "fell into" this job, and have loved every minute of it. I hope to someday get my degree in library science, and am thrilled that I have the opportunity to attend the ALA conference in Washington DC in a few weeks! I am looking forward to learning as much as I can and meeting many new friends!

Hi Sue,
Yes, I know there's a lot going on in here! There is a spot where folks coming to [url forums/thread.jspa?threadID=6134&tstart=0]ALA are posting their introductions[/url], so that's probably the best place to focus to learn about those folks. The "single word" topic has been around since the project began, so that includes folks from all over, not necessarily those that are coming to DC.

I do see that [url /forums/message.jspa?messageID=43018#43018]Beth Reitan[/url] just posted her intro above, so have added that to the [url /forums/message.jspa?messageID=43031#43031]ALA intros[/url]...

Thanks for recognizing the need for clarification Sue!!

Don't forget the [url /do/Navigation?category=11446]E-Learning Clearinghouse[/url] hosted on WebJunction where you can search for online education programs and courses for library staff and information professionals offered by ALA-accredited graduate schools (and more!!). Use the "more search options" to limit your search to those programs that are 100% Online. There are many!