Margie Clarke

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Margie Clarke

• Foundations of Information Technology
• Libr500
• rainer_at_coastnet.com

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Beginnings

• I was born in Atikokan, Ontario a small mining
  town in Northwestern Ontario also known as the
  Canoe Capital of Canada

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Family Tree

• Two sisters - Pat and Christine
• Bob, my dad, was a journalist. He owned the local
  newspaper, the Atikokan Progress
• My mom was Sheilah McLeod

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My Immediate Family

• Rainer, my husband, is a woodworker and a surfer,
  which means I am the surf equivalent of a golf
  widow

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No children -
One Great Dog

• named Abbey Road after of the ten best albums
  in the history of music
• part black lab, part golden retriever and a
  wildcard that is open for debate

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A Learner for Life

• Business Diploma Marketing major
• Fanshawe College, London
• Library Technician Diploma
• B. A. History
• Lakehead University, Thunder Bay
• and nextM.L.I.S.
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Jobs that helped me decide a library is where I
would rather be

• Forklift operator
• Sales clerk
• Tree planter
• Wilderness Ranger
• Bookkeeper

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Library Job Highlights

• Organizing a Forest Research Library for
• the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
• Business Economics Library Technician
• for Ryerson University
• Government Documents ordering for
• Camosun College

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My pleasures in life

• Hanging out with my Little Sister Alex

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• Picking up holds at the Public Library - my
  friends Arlene and Gabriela place holds for me,
  so I never know what I am going to pick up. What
  a treat!
• Reading those holds

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Old Friends

• and new

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no end to lifes pleasures

• Enjoying my garden
• Walking the dog
• Traveling

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Current Favourites

• Books - the Provence series by Peter Mayle and
  Mister Got to Go by Lois Simmie
• Movies - Mostly Martha and The Lord of the
  Rings
• Holiday destination - Baja
• Musician - Grover Washington Jr.
• Singer Etta James

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