Why I love my job

I love my job because I am continually challenged and motivated. The research requests that I work on daily are on such diverse topics that my natural curiosity is engaged to find the answers.  

I like that libraries are global institutions and my skills could potentially transfer anywhere in the world. I also like that libraries cross all subject areas. Law is my specialty and I have worked in law libraries for six years. Now I am working at the Legislative Library, Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Research Librarian, which serves Members of Provincial Parliament and their offices, and I get to research many timely topics and use sophisticated resources.

I love my job for the possibilities that I see in the future of libraries. To me, manipulation of information is librarians' work. The library's domain and librarians' skills are becoming more and more recognized. It appears we are at the cusp of a major transformation for functions and services on the Web. I think librarians are in a position to be on the forefront of this transformation. The stereotypical "quiet" work librarians have always done behind the scenes - reference, cataloguing, annotating, indexing, evaluating, connecting people with information and knowledge - is taking centre stage. It is a really exciting time!