Laura Barnes:  

Life I earned my M.S. in Library and Information Science from UIUC in 1993. I've been the librarian at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center since 1995. My husband and I have a daughter named Tessa, who was born in 1998. We also have one house rabbit. We still live in Champaign. I hope my old friends remember me as interesting. :-) I always wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a good idea. As it turns out, they were right. My favorite way to relax is to curl up somewhere with a good book. It always has been. No surprise that I'm a librarian. If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have a laptop, internet access, and access to online databases and journals to be able to deal with the day-to-day. My hero is my dad, although I didn't realize it fully until after he died a few years ago. Through his example, I learned what it meant to have passion for your work. He also taught me that making a difference in people's lives is more important than the money you make. He and my mom also taught me to have the guts to be who I am. The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is Jeremiah B...Expand for more