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New librarian enjoys job
McQuaid has hopes for library
by Mary Prath
Staff Writer
“There’s a lot to learn,” ex
plained Valerie McQuaid, who
took over as head librarian in
January.
McQuaid was born in
England. She finished high
school early, worked as a nanny
in Illinois, then she and her
mother came west. “We were so
broke we had to stop and get
work,” stated McQuaid. She at
tended Fresno City College to
get her Associates of Art; she
also has a BA in anthropology.
McQuaid went to Library*
school for two years and. earned
an MA in library science.
“Well, in the middle of all that L
had my daughter, that slowed
things down a bit” said Mc-I
Qu aid, when asked why it took
so long.
McQuaid has attended many
colleges. “My favorite college
experience was Fresno City. The
passes were small compared to
a university, where you hardly
get to know instructors, plus
what I liked there was that it
.was a good ethnic mix.”
McQuaid was working an in-'
ternship at Santa Monica
library when she first heard of a
job opening here at the college,
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NEW BOOKS ON THE SHELF The Mind of the Bible-Believer
Edmund D. Cohen
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William L. O’Neill
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(through the Oregon library job
line. “...I’d call about every
other weekend (the job line) and
I took down the number and the
next thing I know I was here for
an interview.”.
McQuaid worked as the
cataloger from 1980 until
January of this year when she
took over the position from
Margaret Dresbach who was
retiring.
McQuaid is much more than
a librarian. She started the Ef
fective Learning Skills course
here at the college, taught an
anthropology course fall term,
and operates the IBMPC in the
library.
IBMPC is a computer that is
hooked up to huge computer in
Ohio. The computer is used like
any other computer except it
has the added feature of
cataloging new books. “When a
new book comes in we have to
see if its in the data base..We
can do that by checking the ti
tle, author or number,” ex
plained McQuaid.
McQuaid’s duties as head of
the library are to do the budget,
do the outreach to other libraries
in Clackamas county and other
Community colleges, and to
work with the personnel ,
deciding “who does what task,”
explained McQuaid.
“I enjoy living here and work
ing at the College. I get excited
about new things happening. I
have hopes and plans for the
future of the library,” remarked
McQuaid, with a glimmer in her
eyes.
by Christopher Curran
Sports Editor
First there is a shot of New
York City, next the music
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The show is “Late Night”
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man. “Late Night with David
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year old viewers, many of them
college students. This point is
clear when Letterman (Dave, as
he instructs his audience to call
him) makes his way up to the
audience to interview various
people about “brushes with
greatness.” When asked what
they do for a living, many of
them reply, “student.”
“Late Night” is responsible
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The guests are a big part of
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