This issue's Member A-LIRT profiles a lady who is very important to this round table, Lynn Ossolinski, the 1997-1998 LIRT President. Lynn brings to LIRT extensive organizational experience as well as a true love of the profession. Her current position is as the librarian at Incline High School, locating her in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe. She is also an active volunteer tutor and trainer for the Reading Center of North Tahoe, a literacy program that she founded. Past experience included a gubernatorial appointment as the Director of the Nevada Literacy Coalition. While she enjoyed the job, it took her "too far from library work." This summer she will be teaching a library science class on "Non-Print Materials" for the University of Nevada at Reno.

Lynn has been involved with LIRT for several years, serving as the Secretary in 1996 and serving on the planning team for the 15th Anniversary events during the last San Francisco conference. She planned the LIRT officers' luncheon and used her connections to line up science fiction author Robert Silverberg for the LIRT panel discussion program. Lynn was initially attracted to LIRT because of the "special spirit of the organization." She especially found it to be open, friendly and accessible and really liked the fact that members can get actively involved by just signing up on the volunteer form in the newsletter.

Other professional service has included serving as the president of the Nevada Library Association in 1990 and currently chairing the Intellectual Freedom Committee. She has been the Nevada Representative on the Affiliate Assembly for the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Additionally, Lynn has been very active in the Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA), with responsibilities that included being the Chair of the School and ChildrenUs Library Section, serving on the Community Grants Committee, and taking on the challenge of chairing the Convention committee for the joint meeting of the Nevada Library Association and MPLA. The latter was a very memorable project which included the last public speech to a large group by Leo Buscaglia. Last but not least, Lynn is the 1996-1998 State President for the American Association of University Women and lobbies for education, libraries, and intellectual freedom as part of this group.

Asked to describe her approach toward library instruction, Lynn indicated that she "enjoys bringing the visual and print together. Students are so riveted to visual images. I use it as a hook to get them into print; the printed words creating visual pictures in their minds." At one time, Lynn admitted that she suffered from techno-stress like so many librarians. Now, she feels that she has learned to lighten up and let things flow between her and others. Thereby adopting a philosophy that we are all teachers and learners. However, she does admit that sometimes it would be nice to be less challenged.