Brandi tagged me with the Passion Quilt Meme- “Take/make a photo and caption it with a statement that you feel passionate for children, students, libraries…”

Here’s mine:

I’m a digital librarian and love technology, but in the end, it’s about people and freedom.  It’s about empowering people and leveling the field.  That’s one of the reasons I wanted to become a librarian.  I spend a lot of time at a computer, often working in isolation from users as my project isn’t a user-focused endeavor.  Still, it’s the people that are important.

This photo was taken at the Katherine Dunham Center in East St. Louis.  My wife, Brandi, is in the backrow.  Her class, LIS 451 Introduction to Networked Information Systems, build computers and a a lab for, and provided instruction to, neighborhood kids in one of the most imporvershed areas of the country.  Although my job here doesn’t look much like my job there, it’s still about empowering people.

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