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'Tessa Fox Reads' celebrating one year since launch!

9/30/2015

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Look who's turning one!

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One year ago today I launched this website. Looking back on the past year has been interesting to say the least. I've started working two part-time library jobs, finished my first semester of graduate school and have gotten tons of library experience and knowledge that will help me land a full-time gig after graduating with my Masters of Library and Information Science this spring. With the passing of each of the last 365 days, I truly feel as though I have gotten an even stronger affirmation that public librarianship is something I'm meant to be doing.

I'm not sure if I've shared this tidbit with you before (it's been a long year), but when I was a little kid, I used to say that I wanted to be a "Rock 'n' Roll librarian." This was (what I thought was at the time) the ingenious idea of loaning people CDs instead of books. I wanted to work at a "library" with Tom Petty playing through the speakers and tons of people rifling through an endless collection of music from all genres. I guess I ignored the fact that, maybe minus the Tom Petty, this already happened at libraries on a daily basis. Not only that, but this innovative career already existed in the form of record stores owners, only they actually sold their wares for profit. I wasn't in it for the money, I just wanted to share good music with good people.

That desire to share something important to me with others has manifested itself into my career choice more than two decades later. But as a librarian you do much more than loan people books and CDs. Librarians share access to ideas. They give you their time and they offer you their expertise. And to my younger self's joy, I am sure, they do this for no charge.

I went from alphabetizing my childhood bookshelf — homemade spine labels and all — to getting to do that and so much more at an actual library. I went from reading aloud to my parents to reading stories for an entire room full of eager children at storytime. And now I'm well on my way from wanting to become a Rock 'n' Roll librarian to actually becoming the real thing.

I am so thankful for a great first year of blogging. I appreciate all of you who have taken the time to read along with me on this journey. So happy first birthday, Tessa Fox Reads! Bring on the terrible twos!
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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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