![]() ![]() I remember being glued to this book since Jack Martin, the instructor and current President of YALSA gave it to me when I was a library student in CUNY Queens College taking a YA literature course. But seriously, one of my favorite is The Eternal Smile: Three Stories by Gene Luen Yang (author) and Derek Kirk Kim (illustrator) these stories changed the way how I see the world and reality. I love short essays and periodicals from The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The New Republic, and Wired magazine. Raymond: I have a confession: I am not a major book reader. One of the largest Buddhist temples in China, I had the opportunity to visit the monk’ library in 2009 and was amazed at the special collections and archives, the policies they have that are very different from ours and how space of the library, very neat. The temple is translated as Temple of Soul’s Retreat. Raymond: The Lingying Temple Library: it is a Buddhist temple in Zhenjiang Province in China. Naomi: Favorite library you have been to? It’s a great experience to be part of this global library service where I am constantly learning new things, skills and content while thriving in my position and getting so much support from my colleagues. The position is incredibly rewarding because first, I work in an amazing building, and I am also able to host public programs on food studies or world religions, teach information literacy and research courses for NYC teachers, our Cullman Center Fellows, doctoral to high school students, conduct extensive research services for our patrons who are writers from New Yorkers or NY Times, professors from Harvard or CUNY, scholars from Oxford or Beijing. I also have the opportunity to blog about our collections and services in the Library too. Raymond: More specifically, I get to handle many research and reference inquiries on periodicals, newspapers, Asian Studies, History, Middle Eastern studies, Theology, etc since those are my main research specialties. Naomi: Tell us a little bit more about what you do at work. ![]() I am now part of the General Research Division where I provide reference and research support to our patrons still in the same focus and I also manage our social media accounts (Yes, I get to blog and update our Facebook and Twitter accounts for work!), teach classes and host public programs! ![]() So after I completed the program, our periodicals librarian retired and I took over that position where I handled a bulk of the reference interviews and inquiries relating to periodicals/microfilm collections at NYPL. That eventually led to another position as a periodicals assistant in the Periodicals Division and at that time I was also getting my M.L.S., which was great because I was able to apply my academic trainings from school into practice at work and the Library generously supported my career goals and education. Schwarzman Building, formerly known as the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Raymond: In August 2006, I started out as an undergraduate intern as a history major processing and boxing up Holocaust archives in the Dorot Jewish Division of The New York Public Library: Stephen A. Naomi: How did you find your job as a Reference/Research Librarian? ![]() Naomi House’s interview with Library Journal 2012 Mover & Shaker Raymond. This interview is over 1 year old and may no longer be up to date or reflect the interviewee/interviewees’ positionsĪll Jobs for INALJ can be found here: Updated daily What Is 'Phrogging'? How to Live Rent-Free in Someone's Home ![]()
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