Jennifer Sommer:  

Life I attended the University of Kentucky and graduated in 1985 with a BA in political science. Deciding not to continue on to law school I immediately returned to school to get an AAS in Architecture and finished 3 years of Interior Design. I married and moved to the Boston area for 2 years before returning to Lexington to complete my BA in Interior Design. I worked in the field of Architecture and Interior Design for 8 years but grew tired of the business. I divorced and returned to school to get a Masters in Library Science. I did work/study in the library during college so I had experience! I had also worked on and off at Transylvania University Library between Architecture jobs. I concentrated on Children's Literature and took a position as Youth Services Librarian in Northern Kentucky upon graduation. Then 8 months later I accepted a job as Children's Librarian at Dayton Metro Library in Ohio where I remained until 2002. Then I took the position of Coordinator of Children's Services at Wright Memorial Public Library in the Dayton suburb of Oakwood and have been here since. I love my job and our library has been ranked the #1 library of its size in the nation for the last 4 years running. I present workshops for the library community around Ohio on topics concerning chi...Expand for more