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Exciting news: I got hired as a full-time youth librarian!

9/21/2016

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Paid vacation, sick time, health insurance - OH MY!

I'm thrilled to announce that earlier this week I accepted my first full-time job offer as the new youth librarian at the Community Library in Salem and Twin Lakes! That means going from two part-time library jobs down to just one – essentially cutting my commute time in half! Did I mention I'll be getting a substantial raise in addition to the fact that now I'll be getting paid to do what I love for 40 hours a week? It almost sounds too good to be true, doesn't it?
Since I've already been working at the Community Library part-time for two years and grew up visiting the Salem branch, I'm very familiar with the library's patrons. But now that I get to turn my attention from working with adults toward serving children and teens, I'm even more excited because I get to help kids in the area where I grew up foster their love for reading and thus, learning.

​From strengthening and creating new children and teen programs to doing local school and daycare outreach visits; diversifying the youth collection and hopefully getting some new educational play materials at each location, I have high hopes that what I aim to achieve in this new position will help bolster my ever-growing youth librarianship skills, many of which were built during my youth services internship at the 
South Milwaukee Public Library, where today I worked my last shift. 
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The Community Library, located in Salem, Wis.
Almost exactly two years ago I started this website. A few weeks after that I got my first library job and a couple months later I found myself in graduate school. In a few more months I will officially have my Master's in Library and Information Science and it's incredibly comforting to know I already have a full-time job in my field under my belt. 

Thank you to all my family and friends for supporting me – especially my parents, librarians and teachers who encouraged my love for reading since before I could even hold a book, let alone read. I also need to extend a huge thanks to everyone at the Community Library and South Milwaukee Public Library for helping me start my professional career off with a strong foundation and I can't wait to see where it takes me next! Here's to another new chapter!
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Diane Rach
9/22/2016 02:45:43 pm

Tessa,
Congratulations on your new job. This is exciting news, and I'm so happy for you. I will be letting my 7th graders know that they can request you when they need help finding books and resources for their reading and writing requirements this year. Would it be alright if I post your name on my website at school?

Best of luck to you!
Love,
Ms. Rach

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Tessa Fox
9/23/2016 08:09:52 am

Hi Ms. Rach! Of course you can post it on your school site! I start the position the first week of October. Looking forward to working with your students! :)

-Tessa

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    Tessa Fox is the Early Literacy Librarian at the Kenosha Public Library. After working in the journalism and publishing fields, Tessa decided to dedicate her life to books and public librarianship, and went back to school to get her Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she graduated in December 2016. Tessa has been working in public libraries since 2014. Disclaimer: The views expressed here are mine alone and do not reflect those of my employer.


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