Library forges connections, launches dreams
Michelle Buck stands in the exploration lab which she used to study for her A+ certification after reaching out to her high school technology teacher Alex Gray for advice on relaunching her goal of a career in technology. Buck was connected with Brendan Mooney, IT manager for the East Bonner County Library, who mentored her and connected her with library resources — as well as Damaso Mangabat, manager of the T-Mobile store in Ponderay, where she now works.
Photo by CAROLINE LOBSINGER
Michelle Buck looks over an A+ computer certification video at the East Bonner County Library District's exploration lab. Buck used the lab to study for the computer certification — and to launch her career in technology.
Michelle Buck examines a computer in the East Bonner County Library's exploration lab at the Sandpoint branch.
SANDPOINT — Connections.
At the heart of it, libraries are about connections: books, movies, information, and, increasingly, people.
And those connections have the potential to transform lives and communities.
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