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Jane, I love that you chose Whitman as your swan song. Respect and good wishes.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 4, 2018 9:15:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors<br>
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<div class="PlainText">Congratulations Jane!<br>
I’ll miss you and your contributions at our LLC meetings!<br>
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Melinda Harbaugh<br>
Dean of Instruction and Learning Resources<br>
Lower Columbia College<br>
1600 Maple Street<br>
Longview, WA 98632<br>
mharbaugh@lcc.ctc.edu<mailto:mharbaugh@lcc.ctc.edu><br>
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On Dec 4, 2018, at 4:17 PM, Jeanne Leader <jleader@everettcc.edu<mailto:jleader@everettcc.edu>> wrote:<br>
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Jane,<br>
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!<br>
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Jeanne<br>
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Jeanne Leader<br>
EvCC Dean of Arts & Learning Resources<br>
425.388.9502 2000 Tower Everett WA 98201<br>
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves - Viktor E. Frankl - from Man's Search for Meaning<br>
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On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 4:12 PM Kanne, Lynn <Lynn.Kanne@seattlecolleges.edu<mailto:Lynn.Kanne@seattlecolleges.edu>> wrote:<br>
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.<br>
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Lynn<br>
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From: LIBRARYDIR <librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu<mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu>> On Behalf Of Jane Blume<br>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2018 9:29 AM<br>
To: WACTC Library Directors <librarydir@lists.ctc.edu<mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu>><br>
Cc: myravv@comcast.net<<a href="mailto:myravv@comcast.net">mailto:myravv@comcast.net</a>>; Lauri K <lmkram1968@gmail.com<mailto:lmkram1968@gmail.com>>; Whittaker, Shellie <ShellieW@bigbend.edu<mailto:ShellieW@bigbend.edu>><br>
Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] The next chapter...<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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I will let the words of Walt Whitman in Song of the Open Road speak for me.<br>
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Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,<br>
Healthy, free, the world before me,<br>
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.<br>
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Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,<br>
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,<br>
Done with indoor complaints, libraries, …,<br>
Strong and content I travel the open road…<br>
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Please keep in touch. I’ve included my contact info below if you are ever in Bellingham.<br>
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Jane<br>
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Jane Blume<br>
Director|Library & Media Services<br>
Bellingham Technical College<br>
360-752-8472 – office<br>
360-752-8383 – library<br>
jblume@btc.edu<<a href="mailto:jblume@btc.edu">mailto:jblume@btc.edu</a>><br>
jane.blume@gmail.com<mailto:jane.blume@gmail.com> – personal email<br>
360-510-1126<br>
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