Vernon Library Staff News

Welcome to Katie Brennan, Sunday and Monday Library Clerk III! September, 2011

Katie Brennan
Continuing Sunday/Monday Library Clerk III

A warm welcome to Katie Brennan our new permanent Vernon Campus Sunday/Monday Library Clerk III position. Katie brings to Okanagan College a rich background in libraries and possesses many other talents as an artist and community worker! Katie graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design and a Masters of Fine Arts from Guelph University.

Colleen Couves

Colleen Couves
Former Auxiliary Library Clerk III for Sundays and Mondays

Colleen Couves, our former Sunday/Monday Library Clerk and a long term employee, will continue to be one of several on-call auxiliary library staff members. We will miss seeing you on a regular basis each week Colleen but know you will now have lots of free time for your many art and travel adventures! Thank you for all of your wonderful contributions to our library and I hope we can continue to tap into your multiple talents as an on-call auxiliary! Enjoy!

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Welcome to Daniel De Groot, New Campus Library Assistant! September, 2010

Daniel de Groot began his position as Campus Library Assistant on August 23, 2010. Daniel holds a BA and a Library Technology Diploma, both from UFV. He most recently worked in the library at Quest University and, before that, at Kwantlen, VCC and UCFV. Daniel is very excited about working for Okanagan College, and looks forward to helping the Kalamalka Library continue to provide excellent academic service.

Karen Bright has retired! October 1, 2010

Karen Bright, Campus Library Assistant at the Kalamalka Campus officially retired October 1, 2010

On July 30, Library staff members gathered at the Kalamalka campus to wish Karen Bright a happy retirement. Karen began working for Okanagan College in 1994 at the KLO Campus as Library Assistant for Periodicals. She transferred to Vernon in 1999, where she was most recently employed as the Campus Library Assistant.

Her colleagues will miss Karen’s sense of humour, her advocacy for the campus library, and her organizational skills. Karen plans to spend time in her garden and working on her natural skin care products business.

Karen Bright was Campus Library Assistant at the Kalamalka Campus Library for over a year and was the successor to colleague Anne Caughlan who recently retired after 19 years as Campus Library Assistant.

Karen brought a great deal of experience to her new position after many years in a supervisory capacity in the public library system in Alberta and subsequently 15 years of service at Okanagan College Library in various areas including technical services and circulation services.

Over the years Karen’s keen interest in current events, local to global, coupled with her creativity, resulted in well researched social and political awareness displays such as community gardens, factory farming, tar sands, Afghanistan, and many more topics.

Congratualtions Karen! We will miss you on campus - but will enjoy the fruits of your retirement pursuits at local markets and your farm in Cherryville! ENJOY!!

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Karen Friesen, Library Clerk III

Welcome to Karen Friesen ~ New Campus Library Clerk III February 5, 2010
The Kalamalka Campus Library is pleased to welcome Karen Friesen as the new continuing Library Clerk III. Karen is stepping into this position which was recently vacated by Karen Bright who is now Campus Library Assistant.

Karen Friesen brings a great deal of experience to her new position after ten years of managing the Geography Collections Room at the University of Calgary. In the last three years Karen has worked weekends and evenings at the Kalamalka Campus Library and was recently a full-time replacement Library Clerk III at Okanagan College for six months.

Karen will be working in the circulation area of the Library and as well will continue to create timely displays of new books, writing and publishing events, current awareness, and a hallway happening ... "Campus in the News".

We welcome you Karen!

In Karen's own words when asked ....

"I have never forgotten what it is like to be a student.
My interests are many but I have a passion for "Fishing", yes, fishing!
I have a fish tail (tale) or two.

Of course I love to read and never go anywhere without a book.
Most of all I enjoy time spent with family (and Pets). I recently discovered Tai Chi (beautiful) and I love to cook (I make a killer soup)

Anytime I can be outside is a good day. I am an avid photographer. I think I'll stop there...."

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Updated September 9, 2011