#6 Great News!

Who you are: Amy Disch
What you do: News Librarian
Where you do it: The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio

LTC: What's your favorite picture book?

Amy D.: Anything with lighthouses

LTC: Most rewarding thing that's happened recently?

Amy D.: Beginning my first professional position (September 2005) in an area of special librarianship
that I love

LTC: Do you have any hobbies aside from reading?

Amy D.: Presidential history, lighthouses, blogs, RSS and movies

LTC: What is one thing you wish more people knew about libraries and what they do?

Amy D.: That librarianship is a service profession and that I'm more than happy to help in any way I can with reference and research requests. Please never think you are bothering me when you ask me a question. It's why I'm here and why I pursued a career in librarianship to begin with.

LTC: books or technology?

Amy D.: Technology

LTC: What's on your MP3/CD player right now?

Amy D.: Sam Cooke The Man and his Music

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I'm off to Europe for a winter holiday in a few days! Maybe I can find some willing librarians over there who will become my first international trading cards!
--Amy