Names will be chosen at random, and those chosen will be contacted by newsletter staff to arrange the interviews. At Auburn I work as the Engineering librarian and web manager for the Science and Technology department. I interact with department book chairs to select books, and I find useful web resources in Science and Technology. I also conduct patent searches. What I like best about my job is the patent work.
Patents are a documentary record of today's technological advances.
I also enjoy working with the patrons. They are almost always grateful for the help and say so. I was doing practice work at the Monroe County Public Library when a boy, maybe 8 years old, comes up to the desk and asks for the phone numbers for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Jackson. I told the boy that we had this book that had the mailing addresses for all the stars and that he could mail them. He didn't say anything, but he looked a little disappointed and took the book and began copying the addresses in pencil.