Adrienne Breznau is a Librarian at Denver Women’s Correctional Facility General Library. Adrienne graduated with an MLIS from the University of Denver in 2007. She has worked in her current position for almost 6 years now and “I can truly say it is one of the most interesting library settings because every day I learn something new and I am never bored.”

When she is not behind bars 🙂 Adrienne enjoys the outdoors: hiking, camping, and cruising around in her Jeep.

Kari Sime is the Interlibrary Loan Librarian at Johnson County Library in Kansas. Her degrees include an MLS from Emporia State University and both a BS in Elementary Education and an MS in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Kansas.

Kari taught on Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Bitburg Air Force Base in Germany for the U.S. Department of Defense Dependents Schools after teaching a number of years in the Shawnee Mission School District in Kansas.

Kari is the 2014-2015 Chair for the Interlibrary Loan Special Interest Group in Kansas City.

Ellie Kohler is the Access and Learning Services Librarian at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, MO. She has worked in both academic and special libraries and her professional interests include collaboration and community within Interlibrary Loan as well as and utilizing data analytics to enhance current operations in Access Services.

She chairs the Kansas City Access Services Committee, is a member of the Professional Development Team for the Mid-America Library Alliance, and currently serves on the Circulation Policies and Procedures Task Force for MOBIUS. Ellie’s education includes a MA in English, and an MLIS from the University of Missouri. She is currently working toward her MBA with a Data Intelligence focus.

Jan Brooks is the Interlibrary Loan Specialist at Johnson County Community College Library in Overland Park, KS.

Since receiving her MLS from Emporia State University, she has worked briefly at the Library’s Information Desk and now runs the day-to-day operations of the Interlibrary Loan department.

Jan is the current President of ESU’s Chapter of Beta Phi Mu, the library and information studies honor society. She serves on both the MALA ILL Special Interest Group and the MALA courier committee.

Eugene (Gene) Hainer was appointed in May 2005 by the Commissioner of Education to head the State Library. He graduated from CU Boulder in 1980 with music education degree, and obtained the MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989.

His background includes several years as a teacher and band director in central Texas, followed by five years as a media specialist in the Poudre school district, prior to accepting a position with the State Library in 1995 as the School Libraries Senior Consultant. He served for five years as Director of Lbrary Development prior to appointment to the current position.

Gene was born in Denver and grew up in Colorado, graduating from Fort Morgan HS in 1976. His three children, Cory, Eric, and Meghan live and work in Fort Collins. Parents Galen and Kaye live in Lamar and help with numerous community-related events, including the public library board.

When I’m not assisting Alamosa High School students with library stuff I can be found relieving my stress on road or mountain bikes; getting my hands wonderfully dirty in our garden and Grow Dome; snow shoeing or cross-country skiing; collecting eggs from less than cooperative aging hens; irrigating and controlling weeds on 30 acres with our yellow lab Lola, and creating very local meals with Lou Ann, my wife of almost 31 years. Along the way I’ve picked up my MLS degree from Emporia State University, a BA in English Literature from Colorado College and a BA in elementary education from Adams State University. This is my 16th year in school libraries preceded by 7 years in the elementary classroom.

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Natalie works for the Clearview Library District located in Windsor, CO. She enjoys all things Interlibrary Loan, maintaining the awesome video games collection and doing a lot of other projects. Natalie likes working at Clearview Library because the staff and patrons are friendly and fun to work with, making the daily workplace a very pleasant experience. Natalie loves to spend time with her family, being out in nature is a huge plus, taking road trips, doing crafts, baking cookies and catching up on her favorite TV shows.