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#CPLStaffSpotlight | Chapter 9 Meet Pierre Urquhart, Adult Librarian at Legler Regional Library! What did you study in college, and how did it shape your path to becoming a librarian? I majored in business management at Northeastern Illinois University, but throughout college I found myself drawn to the library setting, whether for research, part-time work…

#CPLStaffSpotlight | Chapter 8 Meet Sarah Holtkamp, Children's Librarian at Sulzer Regional Library! What did you study in college, and how did it shape your path to becoming a librarian? I hold a bachelor of fine arts in Theater from DePaul University. My theater training has proven invaluable — whether I’m leading an energetic story…

#CPLStaffSpotlight | Chapter 7 Meet Christian Reynoso, Branch Manager and Librarian at Chicago Public Library's West Englewood Branch!

#CPLStaffSpotlight | Chapter 6 Meet Jennifer Lizak, Coordinator of Special Projects at Harold Washington Library Center! What did you study in college, and how did it shape your path to working at the Library? I am a proud graduate of Chicago's own Loyola University! I was a double major in Theatre and Communication (Radio/TV/film concentration…

#CPLStaffSpotlight | Chapter 5 Meet Evelyn Keolian, Children's Librarian and First Assistant at West Loop Branch! What did you study in college, and how did it shape your path to becoming a librarian? When I first started college at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), I didn’t declare a major for my first two years…

#CPLStaffSpotlight | Chapter 4 Meet Chas Cassidy, Senior Archival Specialist at Harold Washington Library Center! How long have you worked at CPL and did you grow up in Chicago? I just hit my 3rd anniversary at Chicago Public Library (CPL) in May! I didn’t grow up in Chicago; I was born in southern California and grew…

#CPLStaffSpotlight | Chapter 3 Meet Young Park, Librarian and Assistant Manager of the Popular Library at Harold Washington Library Center! Did you grow up in Chicago and how long have you been working at CPL? I immigrated to Chicago from Seoul, South Korea in July 2002 and arrived in the Albany Park neighborhood on my…

#CPLStaffSpotlight | Chapter 2 Meet Roy Kinsey, Librarian in Adult Services at Lincoln Park Branch! How long have you been working at CPL and did you grow up in Chicago? I’ve been working at Chicago Public Library since I was 16, and now, at 39—soon to be 40 this September—it’s been a journey of over…