<div dir="ltr">Jane,<div>You are such a wonderful colleague and friend, always generously sharing of your expertise in such a humble way. You have left a legacy both at Bellingham Tech and at LLC. Happy trails to you!</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jeanne</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jeanne Leader<br>EvCC Dean of Arts & Learning Resources</div><div dir="ltr">425.388.9502 2000 Tower Everett WA 98201</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif"><font color="#674ea7"><b style="font-style:italic">When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves - </b></font></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">Viktor E. Frankl - from </span><i style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif">Man's Search for Meaning</i><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 4:12 PM Kanne, Lynn <<a href="mailto:Lynn.Kanne@seattlecolleges.edu">Lynn.Kanne@seattlecolleges.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Jane! Congratulations on a very wonderful career. I will miss your voice at LLC and our visits at dinnertime. I hope you’ll keep us posted on your adventures in retirement.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Lynn<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> LIBRARYDIR <<a href="mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu" target="_blank">librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</a>> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Jane Blume<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 04, 2018 9:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu" target="_blank">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:myravv@comcast.net" target="_blank">myravv@comcast.net</a>; Lauri K <<a href="mailto:lmkram1968@gmail.com" target="_blank">lmkram1968@gmail.com</a>>; Whittaker, Shellie <<a href="mailto:ShellieW@bigbend.edu" target="_blank">ShellieW@bigbend.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] The next chapter...<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">I am retiring from Bellingham Technical College on December 31. I wish I had been able to attend the October LLC to be able to say good bye to everyone in person.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">It has been an honor to work with all of you and in the community and technical college system for the last 34 years. When I started to teach at Whatcom Community College,
I felt I had found my calling. I love working with our students. At Bellingham Technical College I was hired to create a new library. The college had just moved from the K-12 to the CTC system. It has been 48 years that I have worked in libraries; 43 years
as a Librarian. I have found that even though I have worked in libraries for a long time, that it continues to be a challenging profession that constantly evolves and grows. It has gone from manual typewriters to computers to networks to the Internet to the
cloud. One constant has been the wonderful people I have worked with wherever I have worked.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">I will let the words of Walt Whitman in
<i>Song of the Open Road</i> speak for me. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Healthy, free, the world before me,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Done with indoor complaints, libraries, …,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Strong and content I travel the open road…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Please keep in touch. I’ve included my contact info below if you are ever in Bellingham.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Jane<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Jane Blume<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Director|Library & Media Services<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Bellingham Technical College<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">360-752-8472 – office<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">360-752-8383 – library<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jblume@btc.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">jblume@btc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jane.blume@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">jane.blume@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> – personal email<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">360-510-1126<u></u><u></u></p>
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