User:Michelle3915

Hi, my name is Michelle and I live by the Truckee River in Sparks Nevada, just one block away from Reno. I live two blocks from the airport, ½ a block from an electrical substation, four blocks from the freeway and the railroad tracks. I believe I experience noise pollution!! But on a quiet Sunday morning I can hear the river! If I had time for hobbies, they would be knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, gardening and wood working. I also like to cook when I have a little extra time. Since I don’t have “free” time, hobbies are reserved for school breaks, as they have been for the last eleven years! I have passed all the required classes for the master’s degree. I have seven classes left. I hope to do my final semester in Fall of 2013. I teach computer repair and introduction to information systems classes at the local community college, as well as tutor students for many office applications and web languages. I think I may end up teaching and not being a librarian, I enjoy teaching so much. I will just have to wait and see where the opportunities take me. While I was at Fresno State, I worked in the technical services department with the catalogers. I also helped a friend, and SLIS graduate, set up and catalog a small collection for a local church. Therefore, I have an idea of what cataloging about, but I need to learn more!! Post cataloging class comment.........cataloging is not for me. I sent ALL my cataloging material to a classmate!

Way back in 2001 I decided to become a librarian. I have always loved libraries and books so it seemed like a natural fit. I had to take all the beginning college classes because I had been out of school for 20 years. I am now THREE classes away from getting my master’s degree. I worked in the library at Fresno State for 5 years and that experience just reinforced my desire to work in a library. Many of my peers have graduated from SJSU. I have been wrestling with the question of specialization; I cannot decide between a type of systems specialty and archives. Both areas really appeal to me!! AND I love chickens! At one time I had 19 chickens when I lived in the Central Valley of California. They have all been urban and house chickens. Sadly I am without chickens at the moment. As soon as I can find a place to live with a back yard, there WILL be chickens in our life again!!