Librarians Get Their Geek On
Yes, librarians geek, too. See what they are passionate about and why they think the public library is a vital community resource. Are you a librarian? Tell us what you geek.
Librarians care about you and your community. They help you explore what you geek and improve the place where you live. And this passion goes well beyond the library walls.
sharengeeksgenealogy
My name is Sharen and I geek genealogy. It began when I was a child listening to my grandparent’s stories. By age 10, I was really interested in learning more about my family, but did not know how to go about doing it. My grandparents gave me an old family history published in 1931.
Later, I met a wonderful woman named Hallie at the library. She taught me many techniques for finding the facts about my family. Also, I attended many genealogy workshops, often at libraries. About 50 years after I first asked by other grandmother about her father, I found my elusive great grandfather at the library on a computer Web site. I was so excited. I floated on air for three days.
Sharen is a librarian in Georgia.
