[Wactclc-alma] [External] RE: Moving on

[Lesley Caldwell]

?Hear, hear! Shellie was so supportive to me as a newbie to the ORCA community 5 years ago.


We appreciate everything you've done for us!

Lesley

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Shellie,

I second Tammy's comments!  I too came into my sysadmin duties unexpectedly and with no background and you were so helpful in expanding my knowledge of Voyager, editing code, creating a system for tracking changes, troubleshooting, etc.  I am sad to see you leave us after all this time, but happy for you, and wishing you all the best!

Amy Herman
Library Faculty | Olympic College
1600 Chester Avenue | Bremerton, WA 98337
aherman at olympic.edu<mailto:aherman at olympic.edu> | 360-475-7256

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Subject: [External] RE: [Wactclc-alma] Moving on

Shellie,

We will miss you terribly!  You were such a help to me when I took over YVC's Voyager system with no training.  I could never have made it without you.  Thank you.

Best wishes in the new chapter of your life!

Tammy

Tammy R. Siebenberg, MLIS
Director - Library & Media Services  ?
Yakima Valley College
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Subject: [Wactclc-alma] Moving on

Friends,

It's been good, but now it's time for me to move on to the next chapter. I will retire on December 15th.

My 16 years with Peninsula College, 14 with ORCA, and the last two with WACTCLC have been rewarding. Library services, technology, and the truly stellar people I have worked with have helped shape my life.

Back in 1987, I was  a new student at Peninsula College with the goal of brushing up my clerical skills and landing a day job that would support my young family. I had the good fortune of being assigned to the library as a workstudy student.  Good fortune indeed, I had no idea of the impact that small turn of fate would have on my future.  The director, Paula Doherty, had a clear vision of how evolving technology would influence library workflows and services.  Very early on she realized that the library would need personnel dedicated to supporting it. I finished my degree at PC, then made the decision to accept a permanent position in the library.

In 2004, I accepted the position of Coordinator for the ORCA Consortium, a job that allowed me to focus my attention on supporting Voyager, and library software in general, for a larger group of users.  These were some really great years.  I met so many talented folks and together we did lots of good work supporting faculty and students.

Then came the next evolution, Alma/Primo.  I think we can agree that this change has been a challenging, but worthwhile, experience.

Three ILS migrations, the advance of cloud-based services, supporting each other from remote locations.  It really is amazing how far we've come.

My hope for all of you, this group, is that you continue to develop the goals of the Consortium.  Be involved, let your voice be heard.  You are a magnificent group of individuals and a force to be reckoned with.  Shape your future.

Most sincerely,

Shellie


Shellie Whittaker
WACTC Library Consortium
360.452.5264
shelliew at bigbend.edu<mailto:shelliew at bigbend.edu>
Big Bend Community College
7662 Chanute Street NE
Moses Lake, WA 98837
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