Changes Coming to KSPR

If you've been reading my Facebook page, I've been talking about changes! The two biggest ones right now--

1) I am going to anchor the 10 p.m. news permanently, starting March 31st.

2) I am leaving the library (boo!) It is basically because of reason #1.

For the last two months, I've been working at the library in the mornings and at KSPR at night. It started getting really hard a couple of weeks ago. Now that my KSPR sked is permanent, I have to adjust accordingly.

Let me just say, I am really going to miss working at the Park Central Library! I have worked there for more than a year now! It is such an awesome place that's staffed by even cooler people. In fact, if I didn't like my job at KSPR so much, I would consider working in the library district. I tell everyone to utilize the library... and perhaps, look there for job opportunities! I will really miss Aleah, Alan, Grace, Greg, Jordan and Cory... but I hope this means we will hang out more during our free time. (I will even miss some of our crazy library experiences-- and with the summer coming, there will be many...Dang!)

As for the KSPR side, Christine will come back and anchor the early evening shows with Joe--that means 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. The station has yet to officially announce the Saturday evening anchor.

I will continue anchoring Sunday through Thursday evenings. Chief meteorologist Kevin Lighty and I have the same schedule. I really like working Sunday nights, so I am glad I can still continue to do that.

Anyway, I feel very fortunate to have this opportunity, though Jim always says we make our own luck. However, I hope it will work out for the best, and that people won't be too harsh on me. Christine and Joe are great together on air... they should be, since they're married (!)... but I obviously, can't replicate that. (insert joke, here.)

Our news director, Brad Belote, took some pictures of us while we were shooting our news opens yesterday... they're not really great of me, but for historical purposes, they'll do. :)

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Check it Out: The Park Central Library Blog

The Park Central Library has a blog. Check it out!

You can find out all the free-happenings going on at the P-R-K. Plus, we have background info on all of our musicians, artists, performances, free movies, kids entertainment, etc.

You can also read about those mysterious things you've never understood at the library: what's coolcat? how do I use the self-checkout? what's print management?

I contribute to it, it's helpful, and it's awesome. It's not common practice to see Greene County library staffers blog about what's going on!

Seriously!

Check it out: http://parkcentrallibrary.blogspot.com/

I work at a really hot place

...and I'm not talking about KSPR, though I think it's a pretty cool place, too...

The PRK Library was nominated for GO Magazine's Hot List in the Free Entertainment category. Each year, the editors come up with 56 Things We Love Right Now... Why 56? I dunno...

Anyway, this year, there's a twist. The nominees get voted off!! Push-ha! Voting starts July 16th and ends August 12th. You can vote by clicking here.

DON'T LET PRK'S HOTTNESS BURN OUT, YO!

National Library Workers Day!

Today is National Library Workers Day.

NLWD is a day for library staff, users, administrators and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers... give them a hug!

Personally, I have a new appreciation for library workers. Why, you ask? Because I AM ONE!!

Yes, I've taken on a new job. It's part-time, (and I'm still working at KSPR...) but I am proud to be apart of the group that helped open the new Park Central Library in downtown Springfield!! It is totally cool.

me, Alan, Grace, Aleah, Julie, Jazy

My co-workers are smart, funny, creative, plus, they love to help people. Aleah, my branch supervisor, even said that I have a knack for being a librarian (or something like that... probably because of all of my fierce google searches). That's nice to hear, though, because she got her masters in library science, and dumb ole me is struggling to figure out Mobius, the interlibrary loan system, and COOLcat. See, there's a lot to learn about libraries!

Anyway, come by and see us! Our little claim to fame is having newer material, more newspapers, and a modern bookstore vibe. We're also attached to The Coffee Ethic, my new favorite place to grab a cup of joe!
Makes me wonder... why is there no national day to appreciate journalists? At least today, the library gave me a nice, round chocolate chip cookie. It smelled sooo good... needless to say, I didn't eat it.

The PRK on KSPR