PowerPoint Presentation LIBR 500 Foundations of Information Technology

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PowerPoint Presentation LIBR 500Foundations of
Information Technology

• Greta Bahnemann
• greta2mn_at_interchange.ubc.ca
• My life is a story about time and place
• My Place is Minnesota
• I wasnt born there
• But no matter where I am
• I know I can always go home to Minnesota

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Now Showing MINNEOGRAPHY

• An Autobiography
• with links to a few things
• I love about Minnesota

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My Family -

• We lived in a small college town in Missouri
  until I was 16.
• Then we moved to Minnesota. My parents still live
  in St. Paul
• but my sister and her family now live in Boston.
• My father David is an actuary but used to be a
  college professor.
• My mother Abbie is an artist she is an oil
  painter and makes pine needle baskets.
• My sister Lisa is a physical therapist. She is
  married to Aeon who is a college professor. They
  have 2 wonderful girls Lydia and Madeleine.

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The Minnesota Link -

• Many people think it is always winter in
  Minnesota. We do get lots of snow and
• the days are short and cold but Old Man
  Winter doesnt stay around forever. We have two
  seasons in Minnesota Winter and Road
  Construction.

• During this presentation you will see this image
• of Minnesota. Click on it to explore some of my
• favorite Minnesota websites.

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Undergraduate Degree -

• University of Minnesota, Morris
• B.A. in History with Art History and Theater
  minors
• Graduated with Honors and High Distinction in
  1991
• Navigation Hints
• 1. Click on the Minnesota map to link to the
  webpage.
• 2. After browsing the link, close the window and
  return to Minneography.
• 3. Wait for the show to resume or click the mouse
  to go to the next slide.

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Graduate School -

• Winterthur Program / University of Delaware
• M.A. in Early American Culture, 1994
• The Winterthur Museum houses more than 85,000
  objects of American
• material culture. The Library contains more than
  70,000 volumes and
• 17,000 rare books.
• Click on the teacup to learn more about
• Winterthur and its two graduate programs.

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Museum Experience -

• After graduate school I worked in the museum
  field. First I worked as
• an Exhibit Researcher and later as a Collections
  Manager, Conservation
• Coordinator and Curator of Exhibits.
• Minnesota Historical Society
• Monticello
• Minnesota Museum of American Art
• Oshkosh Public Museum

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Independent Consultant -

• I also worked as an Independent Museum Consultant
  for over two
• years. Most of that time was spent on a project
  for the Akta Lakota
• Museum in Chamberlain, South Dakota. The Akta
  Lakota Museum
• houses one of the largest collections of Lakota
  materials in the United
• States.
• I researched, wrote and designed a new
  permanent exhibit, wrote a museum master
  plan and supervised the installation team.

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Library Experience -

• In June 2002 I began working at the University of
  Minnesota in the
• Elmer Andersen Library a newly completed
  special collections library.
• I divided my time between two units
• The University of Minnesota Archives
• Childrens Literature Research Collections

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Hobbies Interests -

Old Movies
Hiking
Quilting
American Arts Crafts Movement
Beach Combing
Used Bookstores
Kayaking
Reading
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Music -

• Old Standards Current Favorites
• Joan Armatrading
• Talking Heads
• David Byrne
• Van Morrison
• Janes Addiction
• Laurie Anderson
• Hazel Dickens Alice Gerrard
• Sheila Chandra
• Nancy Griffith

• Kate Bush
• Billie Holiday
• Sister Sonny
• U2
• Stevie Ray Vaughn
• Beck
• Woody Guthrie
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Neil Young

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My Cabin -

• My family owns a cabin in northern Minnesota. Our
  cabin is on the
• west end of Burntside Lake. My grandparents
  bought 3 islands on the
• lake in the 1940s back when land was sold for a
  song.
• Every summer my extended family meets at the
  lake. The days are
• filled with a rhythm that I love. We kayak and
  hike. We pick wild
• blueberries and swim. We sip cocktails on the
  porch.
• But most of all we talk and listen and laugh.
• Click on Minnesota to see a map of Burntside
  Lake.

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More about My Cabin -

• At night sometimes I can hear the
• loons calling to each other.
• Their calls can be heard all the
• way down the lake from miles
• and miles away.
• And some nights I lie awake and
• just listen to the silence.

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More Minnesota Links -

• I cannot talk about Minnesota without mentioning
• Minnesota Public Radio
• The Greatest Radio Station in the World
• Listen online and become a convert
• The Mayo Clinic
• The Greatest Medical Facility in the World
• I owe my life to this place
• The Minnesota State Fair
• The Greatest State Fair in the World
• All the food on a stick you can eat!

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My Life Now - M.L.I.S.
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MINNEOGRAPHY
Starring Minnesota..As
Minnesota Greta BahnemannAs
Herself Abbie BahnemannMother David
BahnemannFather Lisa
Bahnemann...Sister Aeon
Skoble...Brother-in-Law Lydia
Skoble...Niece Madeleine
Skoble..Niece