1. LIS 650 – Project 1 Davey Beauchamp

2. I Interviewed

3. Ruth Ann Copley

4. Director of the

6. and

7. (Ruth Ann)

8. Is also a Graduate of

10. And was---

11. NC Public Director of the Year in 2008

12. And this is who she works for…

13. (Davidson County Government)

14. And

15. The people of Davidson County

16. The 1/3 rd Rule

17. Ruth Ann agreed with the 1/3 rd Rule and how it breaks down, but…

18. Over the past She has put a lot of time and energy into…

19. (old Denton Public Library)

20. (the All New Denton Public Library)

21. Also very To serving

22. The Public

23. Is partnering with others

24. Like

25. Who help people

26. Find Jobs

27. And Develop Job Skills Like E-mail, Resume Writing, Computer Use, Networking, etc.

28. And she has started a new Program

29. Dining with the Director To better know her employees

31. The vision…

32. …right now is very tech driven and bring new technology into the library.

33. She has done this through many ways by building on to a variety of services

34. It began with NCLIVE

35. And went on to adding Other Online Databases

36. Tumble Book (for children)

37. Library Elf to help patrons return books on time

38. & The NC Digital Library

39. Which started with only WMAs WMVs

40. Which grew to MP3s &

41. And continued to expand into epubs

42. And Ruth Ann got the… Overdrive Digital Book Mobile to come to NC

43. Which Both

44. Patrons and

45. Employees got to visit

47. Does Ruth Ann foster an environment for the 12 Questions?

48. This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and grow?

49. Ruth Ann encourages Growth With Classes,

50. Webinars,

51. And Field Trips!

52. Ruth Ann was also one of the people who…

53. Helped Convince This guy to go back to---

54. School and get his MLIS

55. Does my supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person?

56. Dining with the Director

57. The way Ruth Ann deals with staff problems is Uniquely her own…

58. It is very similar to that of the

59. If her staff is…

60. bad

61. They lose arts and crafts time and…

62. Face the wrath of their coworkers.

63. But Seriously

64. Employee problems are rarely an issue

65. Because

66. Ruth Ann

67. Has created of her staff

68. By

69. Which she does naturally, since neither book existed when she was at

70. Questions ?