Library Ireland Week 8-13 March 2010: @ Your Library

What is your Name? Fionnuala Hanrahan  

Where are you From? Dublin 

Where do you Work? Wexford County Council  

Did you always want to be a librarian and if not what did you do before?  I always wanted to be either a librarian or a teacher.  Before libraries I worked for very brief periods in a department store, a pub, an insurance business and a building society.

What is your average day like?  There is no average day.  Every day is different.  The common components are meetings & networking, assessing resources & service developments and writing.

How many people do you work with?  I work closely with ten people and less closely with about sixty more

What do you enjoy most about the job? Influencing change  How do you unwind after a hard day? On winter nights I wrap up warm, sit out on the deck at home, listen to the geese in the Wildfowl Reserve and stare at the stars.