Welcome to our Library Joy Series in honor of National Library Week! Here we are highlighting some of our amazing staff to share how and why they love what they do. Next up is Jack, the Assistant Director of Public Services at KCKPL.
Why did you decide to get into Library work?
I love helping members of my community. The library is a wonderful place where we can provide the public with physical material, electronic access, and a wide variety of programs for free. Just being a third space in general, coming to work and our doors are open to every single person that comes in.
What is your favorite part about working for a library?
This sounds really cliche but just finding a book on a shelf for a patron is one of the most satisfying experiences of this job. If you're working a desk and someone comes up and says "hey do you have this particular book...", you look in the system and "oh yeah it's right here on the shelf, follow me!" That mentality is why I do what I do.
Do you have a book or collections recommendation?
If you are looking for a rich high fantasy epic check out Robert Jordans The Wheel of Time. I'm on book 10 of 14 and really enjoying it so far. If science fiction is more your speed I would recommend the Murder-Bot series. It is a series of smaller novella's as well so not as big of a time investment.
What's a fun fact about you?
People often think of librarians as being quiet and soft spoken, but I am the exact opposite of that. I keep the volume down at work to be professional, but in my personal time I love to sing as loud as I can!
Keep checking back all week to meet more of our staff or stop by one of locations today!
Wheel of Time - Graphic Novel Adaptation
The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume One begins Robert Jordan's epic fantasy tale by introducing Rand al'Thor and his friends Matrim and Perrin at the spring festival. Moiraine Damodred and Lan Mandragoran appear, and almost before Rand knows it, he and his friends are fleeing his home village with Moiraine, Lan, and Egwene al'Vere, the innkeeper's daughter, who wishes to become an Aes Sedai. The conclusion of this volume leaves the travelers on the road to Baerlon, barely ahead of the pursuing Trollocs and Draghkar. As they run for their lives, Moiraine and Lan begin to teach the young people what they need to know to survive in this dangerous world.