#8 Brave Librarians on the move...

Who you are: Bart Schmidt
What you do: Digtal Projects Librarian
Where you do it: Cowles Library, Drake University. Des Moines, IA

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

Bart: How fast we can obtain items (books, articles, etc.) that are not in our collection. Even small libraries have access to an amazing amount of materials either in electronic or print format. Just ask us, we can probably get it for you.

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

Bart: Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies ; Killdozer; the Mistreaters

LTC: What book(s) are you reading at the moment?

Bart: Rads: the 1970 Bombing of the Army Math... by Tom Bates; Grains from Grass by Lisa Cliggett

LTC: 80s bubblegum or 90s grunge?

Bart: 80's bubblegrunge

LTC: Most rewarding thing that's happened recently?

Bart: I finished a digital collection recently and people I didn't expect to see it (like my bartender) have told me they've seen it and used it.

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Bart didn't get a chance to tell us anything about his piloting adventures...perhaps another time. Who knew we librarians were so versatile? 'Till next time.

--Amy