by Katy Luxion

Do you have a puzzling question? Having a hard time finding research for a paper? Like the rest of the library staff, new staff member Shannon McGregor loves to help students solve these problems.

Having started her career in the public library system, Shannon says that she found the questions of commuters and college students to be the most challenging. Loving a challenge, she decided to shift to working in an academic setting. Moving to Illinois with her family six months ago allowed her to make that transition. Accepting a position at North Central College’s Oesterle Library helped to make this possible. While working part-time at North Central College, she also works as a librarian part-time at the University of Francis Library in Joliet.

When asked why she chose to become a librarian, Shannon spoke of her love for all of the information that surrounds her while she is working. To be able to harness that information and “help people make better use of it than they might on their own” is one of the perks of the job. She feels as a librarian “there is nothing greater than when someone comes up to my desk with a question…[and] they leave me with something that they didn’t have before…a book, a database, even the answer to a trivia question.”

Shannon has a BA in English from Univ. of North Texas, and also a Masters of Library Science from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX. With her love of reading and helping students to find the information and answers that they are looking for, Shannon makes a wonderful addition to the Oesterle Library staff. Welcome Shannon!