Deb Salmond
I always wanted to be a librarian. From an early age, I was drawn to books, reading, & research. Summer Reading Programs were my niche and I thrived at the public library. After high school graduation, I went to work in a public library where the head librarian, Emily Wilson, became my mentor. She provided all kinds of opportunities, including leading the children's storytime programs. I headed to college with visions of library purpose, majored in early childhood education and completed my MLS. I spent 30+ years working in public, community college, & college libraries, plus special libraries with attorneys, engineers, and business & manufacturing consultants. In 2011, I chose to explore a new facet of libraries and opened Salmond Library Services as a direct publisher's representative.
While working with Georgia Tech's Economics Development Institute, I researched real-world problems to assist engineers solving problems statewide for manufacturing companies. I'm continuing in this role as an information conduit today by bridging the needs of ever-changing libraries with personal service, trending technologies, and the best choices provided by our publishers.
Shannon Ryan
My desire to work in libraries blossomed when I first volunteered in my elementary school in 5th grade. Mrs. Fry will forever be in my heart. I continued as a student helper during middle and high school then finally got paid for working in circulation and reserves at my college library. I took a short detour working in the travel industry until I realized my heart was still in libraries so I quit the travel industry and got a circulation job at a public library and started working on my MLS. BTW, my BS is in Recreation with an emphasis in Travel and Tourism, not education.
So far In my career, I have worked in public libraries, a technical college library, collegiate libraries, and elementary school libraries. I haven’t done it all yet, but I know enough to be dangerous. I have worked in circulation, telephone reference, teen services, non-fiction, collection development, government documents, microforms, and children’s. My passion is the behind the scenes technical work, budgeting, and training. When I can share my knowledge to make daily tasks easier and help librarians save some money at the same time, it’s been a good day.
Amy Salmond
My mom answered every question growing up with, "Well, I bet there's a book on it." And sure enough, there always was. It's my belief there's a book for everyone and every question, regardless if it's fiction or nonfiction, digital or print. That's what made me start working in libraries as a teen and why I keep coming back.
When I'm not working my day job as a Young Adult Librarian, I'm here helping out as the marketing and website manager.
I also have a literary Etsy shop!
