Becky Sproat interview by Belinda Frederick, 2013

M.011.07 Oral History: Becky Sproat

By: Belinda Frederick

0:00 Introduction 0:30 Why become a librarian 1:00 Family background in libraries 1:45 When/why did you decided to work with TCC 3:30 Differences between public and academic librarian 4:45 TCC schedule helped with being a mom 5:15 Specialized librarian 5:45 First few days at TCC 6:20 Teaching workshop 7:45 Requirements to teach at Community College 9:10 Did you ever attend TCC – Evening Sign Language 10:30 Shoreline Community College 11:15 American Sign Language Program at TCC 12:10 Community events involving TCC 12:40 Significant events during time at TCC – Change in Student population Unprepared students Faculty learning to teach students 16:00 Differences in K-12 education 16:45 TCC teaming up with Jr High/High Schools to teach what is needed for college 17:55 A story “Librarian Retreat” – Toppled Sheep 20:40 Contact with past co-workers, colleagues, faculty, etc 21:30 Plans on attending “Old Farts Lunch” once she retires 22:20 Transition of TCC Library from Hard Copy to Digital 23:00 The advancement of technology – College Catalogs 24:40 Info look up now 10% to the stacks, 90% digital 25:00 Did the digitizing of data threaten your job security – role of librarian changed / grew 26:20 Teaching students about how to research using the internet 27:30 TCC database vs public databases 29:40 Database data purchasing – assignment based / instructor input 30:45 The original TCC library vs modern library 32:00 What happened to the books that were in the library. From 70K to 30K 34:30 What does TCC mean to you 37:45 Educators that go beyond being just educators 38:15 All responsible for teaching reading/writing 39:15 A few words to describe TCC 39:35 Favorite book or genre to read 42:00 Sailing to Alaska 43:30 Conclusion