Featured Employee of the Month for July

July 07, 2012

Kenicia Coats is a full-time librarian assistant here at the Excelsior Springs Branch. In honor of her birthday month, I asked her for an interview!

Me: Kenicia, how long have you been working here?

Kenicia: 21 years!

Me: And you’re full-time?

Kenicia: Mhmm.

Me: What does that encompass?

Kenicia: 40 hours a week, and I deal with interlibrary loan materials, reference, and cataloging issues. I order items for teachers when they request them. I’m sort of a jack-of-all trades, I do a little bit of everything!

Me: Yes, you do! So what’s your favorite part?

Kenicia: Finding items that the people who come in are looking for, especially if their obscure. It’s a challenge.

Me: So, over the years, what is one of your favorite memories from this place?

Kenicia: I like seeing children, especially the ones that I had during school time, coming in now all grown up. It’s interesting to see if they still remember me.

Me: Anything else you’d like to add?

Kenicia: I love what I do!

A big thanks to Kenicia for allowing me to interview her this month! Stay tuned next month for another “Featured Employee of the Month” blog!

Laura C.
Excelsior Springs Branch