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I received my master's in library information sciences from

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Dominican University. I'm one of

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three librarians at Downers Grove North High School in Downers

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Grove, Illinois.

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I received the 2021 School Librarian of the

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Year Award from the Association of Illinois School Library Educators.

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And I think it's really important as a school

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librarian to support students in any way possible. And I

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think it's very important that we continue to help future

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librarians, which is why I'm also an adjunct

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at Dominican. I have nothing but good things to say about Dominican.

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I feel like I've been supported and I

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feel like if I needed support, you know in some

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other way I could get it from them and you know

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teaching of course, let's me see that you know

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that I can I can support and help teaching here

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at Dominican.

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But I've always felt that they care about their alumni

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and what happens to them after, you know,

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if you're willing to keep that connection with them and they're willing to keep that connection with you.

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I still have very good friendships with

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other school librarians that I've met at Dominican where I did

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projects with, we just had classes together and so

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we would see each other at conferences and just building those relationships.

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I'm currently also taking the

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masters in youth literature program here at Dominican, which is

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new. I think the benefit of the masters youth literature program is

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if you already have your MLIS,

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it is going to just make you a stronger librarian the amount

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of things that you need to read and research and learn about

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youth literature and books. But if

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you're not a school librarian and you are looking to

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support students more or you

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know, even work in publishing something like that, I think

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that this program would definitely benefit you in a

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different way. At our best, a school librarian

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should be there to support the students in whatever

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way they need to be supported whether it

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is with research, whether

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it is with a safe place to be, whether it's with

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reading, you know finding something to read.

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My job is there because of those students and

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those are the ones that I wake

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up for every single day. So if you're passionate about

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being a librarian, if you're excited about it,

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you've picked in my mind the best profession.

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Because you can make so much change for

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so many students.

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You know and and really affect people that

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you you may not even realize that you're supporting or guiding.