Kristine Olsen and Dara Schmidt
Recorded
October 27, 2017
Archived
October 27, 2017
34:47 minutes
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Id:
ddc002260
Description
Colleagues Kristine Olsen (39) and Dara Schmidt (41) talk about their work at the Cedar Rapids Public Library, what their experiences of the library were like as young people, and the fulfillment they feel in their work as librarians.Subject Log / Time Code
Kristine Olsen and Dara Schmidt talk about how they got involved working at the library.
DS talks about making a career choice to go to library school because of how much she'd loved her job there in high school.
KO talks about paying forward the library services that were a haven for her as a young person.
KO shares rewarding stories from her work with patrons.
KO talks about a unique task she had during the 2008 flood in Cedar Rapids, doing activities with kids at the YMCA.
KO and DS talk about their relationship to the library when they were kids, and growing up rural vs. "in town."
KO and DS share some of their current favorite books. DS: "That's why we are who we are today--because our parents didn't monitor our reading."
DS and KO talk about how a library is a ticket to the rest of the world when you're living in a tiny town.
KO and DS talk about the Cedar Rapids Public Library, and KO says, "A library without great people is just a building full of books."
DS talks about observing the library: "This place is teeming with life--it's full of life, and I want to be part of this life."
Participants
- Kristine Olsen
- Dara Schmidt