Meet Isabel!
This week’s blog post features Isabel Brechin, Student Librarian for Outreach & Engagement and Research Help this summer. We asked Isabel a few questions to get to know her better! Read her answers below.
- When was the last time you were nervous?
The last time I was nervous was starting this job! Starting fresh can be daunting. But I am so happy to announce there was no need to be nervous. Everyone has been so welcoming!
- If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
If I could learn to do anything it would be to speak a third language fluently. I speak fluent French and value it a lot, but my Spanish is completely terrible. I’ve tried to pick it back up multiple times in my life with little success.
- If you could be any fictional character, who would you choose? If I could be any fictional character, I would be Winnie the Pooh!
It seems like a nice life- just eating honey and hanging out with my best friends all the time, getting up to mischief.
- What project are you the most exited to work on this summer?
I’m the most exited to work on the “Save Husky” online scavenger hunt! What a joy to get to make up a choose your own adventure for a living. Coming soon to a library near you.
- What is your proudest work-related accomplishment?
My proudest work-related accomplishment so far is developing partnerships with various food pantries in Halifax. At my previous position working for a farm and their market, I got to facilitate a mutually beneficial relationship where our unwanted produce got repurposed, organizations got free food for their user-base and people got fed!
- What is your proudest non-work-related accomplishment?
My proudest non-work-related accomplishment is learning to live alone for the first time and making my apartment a home! Nothing makes me feel more self-sufficient than cooking in a kitchen that I’ve set up just for me.
- What is your favourite quote?
“we are each others harvest: we are each others business: we are each other magnitude and bond.” –Gwendolyn Brooks
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