My Background and Interests

Career(s)

The majority (though my library career is making good head way) of my "working life" has been as a railroad brakeman/conductor on freight trains in Wyoming and Vermont.   I've worked as a gandy-dancer, "pearl diver," rough neck, doodle bugger, ranch hand, amongst other long and short term solutions to making money and experiencing the western states.

Brakeman / Conductor

• Burlington Northern Railway, Sheridan, WY (1978-1980)
• Central Vermont Railway, St. Albans, VT (1980-1990)

After taking a buy-out from the Central Vermont, I traveled Asia for a year.  My first job back in the U.S. in 1991 was a librarian assistant at the Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury, VT.

Librarian

• Ilsley Library, Middlebury, VT (1991-1993) 
      - Acting Director, Acting Youth Services Librarian, Circulation
  
• Antioch NE Graduate School, Keene, NH (1/94 - 1/95)
      - Teach ESACO 512, Organizing & Accessing Environmental Information
  
• Saint Michael's College (8/94 - present)
      - Reference/Instruction Librarian  --  LIS Web Developer
      - Teach LS 101 Introduction to Research in an Electronic Environment
      - Teach GED 579 / GSA 579 Information Literacy: Researching Electronically

Interests

• Sailing
     -Windsurfing, Hobie Catamaran 16'
  
• Kayak/Camping
     - Valcour Island
  
• Vintage Motorbiking
      - 1997 F650 BMW, 1973, BMW 75/R
  
• Paragliding
      - check out Morningside Flight Park
  
• Ran Green Mountain Marathon, Oct 20, 2001 - Grand Isle, VT
  and Burlington Marathon May 26, 2002. Ran Covered Bridge (Waterbury) 1/2 marathon Oct 19, 2003, 2004
  
  
• Volunteer at S. Burlington Correctional Facility
      - Decisions Program

Travel

• Costa Rica
  - Jan 2006, Jan 2005, and Jan 2002 (Rent motocross bike @ http://www.motoscostarica.com/
  
• Cuba - Jan 2000 and 2003
  
• Central America - Honduras, Costa Rica
  
• SE Asia - Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia
  
• Asia - India, Landau, Kashmir

School

• BA Economics
      - University of Vermont (1982)
  
• MLS
      - SUNY Albany, Albany, NY (1993)
  
• MSA
      - Completed CAMs degree (1999)
      - Completed MSA Dec 2003

Residence

• East Shore of Grand Isle, VT