<div dir="ltr"><b><img src="cid:ii_inrlnsdd0_15477453e99e08e6" height="483" width="530"><br><br>Name:</b> Jeana McClure<br><b><br>Libraries I've Worked At:</b> Right now, I “work” for love, not money! I’ve volunteered since 2010 with Multnomah County Library. I started with the Summer Reading Program at the Belmont branch, and then Jane Corry asked if I’d like to help with storytimes on Saturdays. Over the last six years, I’ve worked Tiny Tots, Preschool, and Family storytimes with Jane, Diana Armstrong, and Sean O’Brien. I also spent a year at Gregory Heights facilitating Talk Time, which provides non-native speakers a supportive environment in which to practice their English.<br><br><b>CSD Stuff I've Done:</b> I was the MLS student representative at a February 2014 strategic planning workgroup meeting. That workshop gave me the idea for my MLS practicum, identifying best practices in storytime. Rick Samuelson (formerly with WCCLS) was my practicum advisor. I worked on the Early Literacy Calendar, writing content for August and helping prepare the final document. And I’m working with Heather McNeil, Katie Anderson, and Danielle Jones to revise OLA’s Children's Services Guidelines.<br> <br><b>Other Cool Stuff I've Done: </b>I’m a SMART reader (Start Making a Reader Today) at a local elementary school (2004-2009, 2015-2016). I took my niece to Spain last summer; the highlight for me was wading in the Mediterranean. Other randomness: I played Alice in a children’s theatre production of Alice Through the Looking Glass; wrote articles for an airline magazine; taught myself HTML and designed websites; and studied many languages: German, French, Irish, Russian, American Sign Language, Japanese, Dutch, and <br>right now, Spanish).<br><br><b>Why I'm Running: </b>As a SMART reader, I spent a year with a third grade boy who struggled to read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. It was heart breaking. Becoming a librarian is how I chose to help advance childhood literacy. Until I’m working in a library myself, supporting CSD is one more way I can support you and all the children you serve.<br><br><b>If I Were a Picture Book, I'd Be:</b> Battle Bunny, by Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett … mostly because it reflects the skewed and slightly subversive sense of humor that overlays a serious swath of sentimentality. Also, I think it’s hilarious.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Barratt Miller<br></div>CSD Chair 2015-16<br></div></div>
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