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.
kennethgeeksmassagetherapy
How important is massage therapy? How important is a library to massage therapy?
I took over a library in 2008 that was just a 4x8 box open a few days a week for half an hour. With zero budget and a whole lot of duct tape, that library is now in a 21x24 room with over 2,000 items listed in the online catalog; a library with more unique titles than the five University of Washington libraries, all King County libraries and the Seattle Public Library combined. Last year, the library obtained an agreement to offer the complete male/female data set of the National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project. This year, the library's application was approved to be a member of the National Library of Medicine's network (5,000+ strong nationally).
But how important is a library to massage therapy? Did you know that massage therapists are the third most licensed healthcare professionals in Washington State? A profession without a repository of their great works can expect only a consolation prize—a museum exhibit next to other long dead historical figures.
That's their library in a nutshell. The Grotto Library of Cortiva Institute—Seattle.
Kenneth is a librarian from Washington.
