Sarah Bradley Leighton.

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  • Author(s): Berry III, John N.
  • Source:
    Library Journal. 10/15/2004, Vol. 129 Issue 17, p29-29. 3/4p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Library education; Library technicians; Information science; Information services; Librarians; Libraries
    • Abstract:
      The article profiles Sarah Bradley Leighton, a 2003 graduate of the School of Information at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin. Before she graduated, Sarah had already finished short "careers" in development and government relations. She was working at librarianship when she received her Master of Science in Information Studies at UT. Before that she had worked three years as a library assistant at the university's Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection. Currently a library technician at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress (LC), where at step one of the GS7 level she earns $34,000, Leighton is a truly passionate convert to libraries and archives. Leighton aspires to increased responsibility in libraries and archives, where she deals directly with the public, providing access to information lessons in "how to use the amazing tools" like those made by LC and the National Archives. Leighton's search for her current job was typical of recent LIS graduates. It took her more than a year to get placed. "Really get in there and try to find work that you would like to do," she advises fellow students, recommending library work in tandem with school, even volunteering for a few hours a week.