<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Why Am I&nbsp;Here?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a retired librarian who has worked in public and academic library settings in Wisconsin and Minnesota.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been blogging here since 2012, almost three years. I started this blog because I had recently retired, but because I had done so a little &#8220;early&#8221; I hoped I would be able to continue to do some online teaching and consulting, so I wanted a place where people could &#8220;find&#8221; me and see I was still connected to libraries.</p>
<p>So I blog here about stuff related to libraries, mostly public libraries, but also stuff about management, and organizational stuff.  (Apparently, I use the word &#8220;stuff&#8221; a lot.)</p>
<p>So that&#8217;s who I am and why I&#8217;m here.  Here on this blog, not here in an existential way.</p>
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