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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#0070C0">Greg Bem, MLIS</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> LIBRARYDIR <librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Koshi-Lum, Jessica via LIBRARYDIR<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 5, 2020 8:14 AM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Koshi-Lum, Jessica <jkoshi-lum@rtc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] Associate Dean Position at Renton Tech<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I want to introduce myself as the new permanent Associate Dean of the Library at Renton Technical College.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">My full-time library career started at Kapi'olani Community College in Honolulu, where I started as an Acquisitions Specialist in their library in 2012. Since then, I’ve worked at a variety of
community and technical colleges in the Seattle area as a Reference and Instruction Librarian and did a brief stint as a Japanese language taxonomist for Amazon. Most recently, I've worked as a tenure-track Instruction Librarian and an Interim Associate Dean
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">My educational background revolves around Asian American Studies and Native Hawaiian Information Resources. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking with recipes from all around the world, traveling,
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<p style="line-height:11.55pt"><b><span style="color:#98002E">Jessica Koshi-Lum, MLISc</span></b><span style="color:#201F1E"><br>
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