Adventures

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Adventures Inspirations

• Debbie Levy
• LIBR 500
• Foundations of Information Technology
• dalevy_at_rocketmail.com

2
My Family

• I grew up in a suburb of Baltimore, Maryland.
• My sister Kerrie now lives in Seattle.
• My parents both grew up in Montreal, but now live
  in sunny Florida with my dog, Blondie.

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Favorite Childhood Place? The Library!

• I spent many hours at the Randallstown Public
  Library.
• Unfortunately, it burned down in May, 2001.
• But hurray for the librarians! Theyve created a
  mini-library until restorations are finished.

Click here to learn about the Randallstown Public
Library.
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Early Inspiration Mary Gamewell

• Mary was my elementary school librarian for two
  years.
• She supported my love of reading and encouraged
  my passion for archaeology.
• She kept me engaged in small theatrical skits and
  other creative activities .

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High School Highlights

• I participated in many activities, including the
  school newspaper.
• I worked backstage on 16 theatre productions,
  often as stage manager and twice as director.
• Strange fact students attempted arson 13 times
  on my high school during my senior year.

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Ready for New Adventures!

• I moved across the country to attend the
  University of Oregon in Eugene.
• Eugene home of hippies, Saturday Market, and all
  things liberal.
• I hope to live in Eugene again one day (the city
  is building a new public library!).

Eugene Saturday Market
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Kyle Yamada

• I met Kyle Yamada freshman year around
  Halloween.

• We got engaged last February and we are getting
  married this August in Portland.
• Kyle is in graduate school right now studying to
  become a high school teacher.

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Favorite Job Bookseller

• I worked at a bookstore, Encore Books, during my
  school breaks for 4 years.
• We competed with the local super bookstore. They
  had better selection, but we had better
  service.
• Encore Books went bankrupt 3 years ago. It must
  have been contagious because the super bookstore
  went bankrupt too!

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Seeking Even More Adventures
The Alhambra in Granada

• I studied in Spain for 10 months.
• I first lived in Granada and then in Salamanca.
• Kyle studied in Heidelberg, Germany that year, so
  we still saw each other often.

Salamanca
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Living in Spain

• Granada
• I lived with 2 terrific host families.
• They treated me well and cooked Spanish
  delicacies for me! I also ate a lot of oranges,
  Doritos, and chocolate.
• Then Salamanca
• I shared an apartment with an American friend.
• Back to the real world of cooking for myself.

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Portland, Oregon

• For a change of pace, Kyle I moved to Portland
  after graduation
• I worked at FACCTThe Foundation for
  Accountability as a research assistant for 2
  years.

Click here to see a web site I created for FACCT.
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Documentary

• I helped Kyle create a video documentary about
  the protests surrounding the 2000 National
  Democratic Convention in Los Angeles.
• I had a fantastic time interviewing people.
• We sold over 400 copies of the video, including
  dozens to libraries!

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Epiphany

• I e-mailed public libraries in the U.S. to tell
  them about the documentary.
• As I read through their web sites, I appreciated
  the range of services that libraries provide and
  recognized how Id taken them for granted.
• (It also happened to be Banned Books Week.)
• I told Kyle half-jokingly that I should be a
  librarian, and as soon as I said it, I realized
  that it was true!

(To learn about Banned Books Week, click here.
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So here I am!

• I just moved to Canada!
• I love living in White Rock and studying by the
  ocean.
• Im looking forward to getting to know SLAIS
  students better.

SLAIS
White Rock
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Wait, wait, I cant forget
My Favorite Books

• Of Love and Shadows
• Tortilla Curtain
• Snow Falling on Cedars
• Stones from the River
• And my all-time favorite
• Anne of Green Gables