{"id":747,"date":"2017-06-05T06:57:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T11:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/?p=747"},"modified":"2021-06-03T14:34:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T19:34:45","slug":"nmrt-member-of-the-week-spotlight-dani-brecher-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmrt.ala.org\/notes\/nmrt-member-of-the-week-spotlight-dani-brecher-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"NMRT Member of the Week Spotlight: Dani Brecher Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dani Brecher Cook<\/strong><\/p>\n

University of California, Riverside Library<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director of Teaching & Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are some things you like about your job or about working in libraries in general?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love how different my job can be on any given day–leading a class in interacting with primary sources, leading a lively discussion about the reliability of sources, tracking down a partially-remembered citation, planning a campus event with community partners, writing up work for publication, coding a web project, crunching data…. The diverse nature of the work keeps it interesting, and the intensely collegial nature of our profession keeps the work joyful.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is one of your favorite things about NMRT?<\/strong><\/p>\n

NMRT was truly my gateway to ALA. My second year in NMRT, I chaired the President’s Program committee for NMRT–talk about jumping in the deep end! I learned so much about how ALA works as an organization, what it takes to put on a national event (a zillion moving parts), and how to delegate in a remote team. I still keep in touch with many of the people from that committee, so NMRT is the reason for many of my on-going professional relationships.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have any advice for other new librarians?<\/strong><\/p>\n