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My interest in libraries and librarianship is fairly recent! Growing up, I never had a bad experience with a library or librarian, but honestly never thought much about them. I loved to read and check books out, but that was the extent of my interactions and thoughts with the library. It wasn't until I became a history teacher that I realized how much students NEED a library and someone to instruct them on how to find information they are looking for. It is this desire to empower students to seek out answers to their questions in an efficient, productive way that drew me to the School Library Program at ISU.

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My name is Aly Kennedy and I've been teaching 7th and 8th Grade Social Studies at Illini Central Middle School for 3 years. I received my undergraduate degree at Illinois State and have lived in Bloomington since.