I'm Katie Gillen, the camera shy Library Director of the Luke AFB Library. For those of you who have been to the Base Library, you know what an outstanding staff I have! One of my duties is obviously to supervise, but I also work with four different budgets (asking for money even when there is none :-) .) In addition, I teach research methods classes on how to best use both the Library's traditional resources and the online databases to find information for a quality paper or project. Once a month we have the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) class in which I teach how to look for that extra and independent information about companies.
My background as a reference librarian combined with my love of aviation comes in handy for our diverse research questions- everything from finding studies on how ejection seats affect female pilots to native foods and recipes from Nigeria. Collection development - sorting out what needs to be discarded, keeping up with new titles and topics that need to replace older materials - is ongoing, as I keep a list of hundreds, ready to spend when the money is there.
The Base Library has an Air Force Instruction (AFI) that tells us to support the mission, support off duty education and support quality of life. It's my priviledge to be a small part of the Air Force community and assist in doing all those things.
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