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OK. So before we start with the questions, please tell us who you are, how long you've been with the county? And your current title? My name is Erica Coop. I am the assistant branch manager at High Meadows Branch Library. I've been here since March. So first

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question, what brought you to the library? I always said I wanted to have a job where I could have fun and help people at the same time. And that's basically working at the library. I've always had so much fun and you get to do pretty much

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anything, almost anything you want. Um And just helping people is so much fun and you can see the joy on their face or like kids who are playing with something or they find a book. They like, it's like there's no other feeling like helping somebody do

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that. That's a great answer. All right. What do you like about working in a library? I like all the different people. You see, you never know what the day is gonna bring you. So each day it could be cuckoo bananas or it could be, you know,

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this magical day. It you never know. And So I love that about it. That's spontaneity. Yes. Tell me about a day in the library that you'll never forget. So, a day in the library that I'll never forget. We had a program. This is when I was

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in Louisiana and we had some people bring some alligators in. So they had little baby alligators. So I got to actually hold the baby alligator in my hands and the kids came around and like to pet the baby out alligator and we had like 300 something

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people that came through there. So it was crazy. But it was the coolest thing because I never, and it didn't have the little tape around. Its nose was like, it was just straight up. I was just holding it like this and it was like alligator. So

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that was pretty cool. It was fun. That is cool. So, in your opinion, tell me why the future of libraries is so bright. Well, you always hear people say, oh, well, what do you even do at the library? Do you just read books all day? And

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it's like, no, we help people apply for jobs, we help people create resumes, we help people apply for benefits. We help a kid learn to read, we give people things that you wouldn't think about. You know, you've got your DVD S, you've got cool series that

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you can introduce them to and you know, it's not just about books, it's about so much more than that. It's about serving people. It's about being there for your community and being a part of your community. We like to be able to do outreach and actually

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go out and see what people are doing. What do you need, what can we provide for you? And that for me is the, the biggest thing is just being a part of the community and being there for them and they're there for you too. They're, they'll

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also, you know, they love coming in. They're like, hey, and it's, you're like family to them and I like to be that to other people. So that's one of my favorite things about the library. OK. And our very last question, which I kind of already know

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what you would say, but let's see what it, what, let's, let's see if you could live in a book. Which one would you choose? Ok. So I was originally gonna say the Harry Potter series, but it's like, if I wasn't at Hogwarts then maybe, yes. But

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Hogwarts is like, super dangerous. So if I was like, living out in the mogul community, that would be pretty cool. But I would pick pride in, like, in the time of pride and prejudice because that's my favorite book. I read it once a year. Um, I

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also read the Harry Potter series through once a year as well. But, um, I just think it'd be cool to, like, live in that time and how they did all the dances and like all the weird, you know, like social things you have to do. And

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I just think that's so strange but I think it'd be really cool to actually experience it. Um, I hate dresses but I mean, I'd wear it if I had to. Um, but I mean, hogwarts if you know, Harry Potter, if I'm not at hogwarts and pride

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and prejudice otherwise. Yeah. Great answer. Thank you, Erica. Thank you. Bye.