Kate Coburn

Hello!

I live on the Northern Neck of Virginia—a rural region on the Rappahannock River—and I work part time at my local library. While there, one of my primary duties is to catalog and process newly incoming materials (mostly books and DVDs/Blu-rays), as well as cover books, supervise volunteers on the circulation desk, perform as a notary public, and run two bi-weekly programs (a creative writing group and a Dungeons & Dragons guild). I have been studying towards my graduate degree at Old Dominion University since the Fall of 2022. I am deeply invested in the archives and collection management/acquisition aspects of library science, both of which I have been able to learn more about over the course of my MLIS studies.

I graduated from the University of Mary Washington in 2020, earning a bachelor’s degree in English with a concentration in creative writing. My hobbies include knitting, drawing, writing, and playing Baldur’s Gate 3. In addition to working professionally in the library science field, my dream is to become a published author of fiction. I am currently working (on and off) on a fantasy novel inspired by the world of Dungeons & Dragons, and on a very long, very cozy scarf (the only thing I really know how to make).

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