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Janet Troubleshoots Computers | ||
Janet is excited by the prospect of e-commerce... |
Commission, she is always busy. Janet is a graduate of Fremont High School and holds an Associate Degree in Accounting from McComb County Community College in Mt. Clemens, MI. Additionally, she earned a Bachelor's Degree in MIS (Management Information Systems) from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Janet has always been interested in computing since the first time she saw key punch cards in a high school class. Janet says she is excited by the prospect of e-commerce and the wide availability of e-mail. Her favorite Website at work is the Nebraska Library Commission Website nlc.nebraska.gov. Janet recently retired from the Nebraska Army National Guard after 23 years of service. She is wife to Craig Heier and mother to Lisa, 19 and Amanda, 7. She also shares her home with a mixed breed dog named Bear. The best thing about Nebraska living according to Janet is the proximity to family. In her personal time, Janet enjoys Rock and Roll music, dancing, sunrises and sunsets, and reading books that help her be a better person. |
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Pam Assists with E-Rate | ||
Pam enjoys information at her fingertips... |
three years. In her current position, Pam assists librarians with a variety of topics including strategic planning, board education, technology, public services, and the e-rate program. Pam is also working temporarily as the Volunteer Services Coordinator for the Talking Book and Braille Service. Pam is a native of Virginia but moved to Nebraska at a young age. She is a graduate of Norfolk High School and earned her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her Library Degree from the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign. She was lured into the library world by a love of books and fostering that same love of reading for others in Nebraska. She enjoys reading a variety of titles including both adult and children's books. As an Internet user, Pam says she dislikes that there is so much information to navigate but enjoys the opportunity to have an abundance of information at her fingertips anytime of the night or day. Her favorite Websites include |
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Sarah Is New Readers' Advisor | ||
Sarah helps customers get the materials they need and want... |
through her senior year all in the same building. She recently earned her Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Sarah serves as a Readers Advisor. She contacts new borrowers, updates borrower files, selects books for borrowers, processes new books, and performs other duties to help customers get the materials they need and want. Sarah enjoys reading books by Amy Carmichael, Hudson Taylor, C.S. Lewis, and John Piper. She also enjoys reading historical fiction and books about Chinese history. Sarah worked at Love Library at University of NE-Lincoln for three years. She shelved books and worked in the periodical room maintaining journals and newspapers. In her free time, Sarah enjoys meeting and learning from international college students. She is primarily interested in China, has begun to exchange cultural information with students from that country, and is working to learn Chinese. She hopes to become involved in missions and has taken a mission trip to Mexico. |
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Vern Directs Computer Services | ||
Vern would like to depoliticize the world of technology... |
 ern Buis is not a new name to anyone in Nebraska libraries. He has served in many capacities at the Library Commission from the Film Library, to working in the Publications Clearinghouse, to his current position of Computing Services Director. Vern is a graduate of Lincoln Southeast High School and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts including minors in Library Science, Political Science and Journalism from Ball State University. Vern's career in the library world started as a page for his college library. From there he also worked in technical services, periodicals, and the bindery. He spent many summers filing cards in the card catalog, specializing in the dreaded "United States. Dept. of "sections". Not surprisingly, Vern's most-visited Website is Microsoft.com as he meets the challenges of maintaining the Library Commission's computer services and systems. If Vern could change anything about his current job, it would be to depoliticize the world of technology. His wish for the library profession would be to upgrade the status of librarians to increase the level of respect and the amount of their salaries. Vern is married to Paula and has a son John who is 16. Also in the Buis household are three cats, two dogs, and a rabbit. Vern's favorite foods are spaghetti and lasagna. In his spare time, Vern loves tornado chasing and "saving valuable resources from the landfill." |
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eet Janet Greser, the Library Commission's computer troubleshooter. Since Janet is the first line of assistance for any computer mishap for all the people who work at the Library
am Scott recently joined the staff at the Nebraska Library Commission as a Library Consultant by way of the Panhandle Library System Office where she was the administrator for nearly 
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LaBrie has been with the Talking Book and Braille Service at the Nebraska Library Commission for more than 6 months. Sarah is a graduate of Giltner Public Schools where she attended kindergarten