Randy’s Bio
- Working at Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives since: 2001 (employed at Duke since 1989)
- Education: Jordan High School Class of 1988
- Current position: Senior Library Assistant
Q & A
1. Describe your current position & what you find most interesting about it.
What I like most about my job is being able to connect with the patron, mainly with a joke to loosen up their day.
2. Describe yourself in three words. Spiritual, observant, and cautious
3. What has been your biggest professional challenge?
Adapting to new systems and password changes and requirements.
4. What do you think is the most interesting issue in libraries & archives today?
Staying employed, especially with the different cuts here and there.
5. Whom do you admire?
Anyone who puts others before themselves, expecting nothing in return.
6. What organizations are you involved in?
I’m a musician (drummer) at my church and the Founder & Director of a youth drumline (P-STORM DRUMLINE). I'm also in the process of going back to coaching little league basketball.
7. Is there anything about you that others might be surprised to know?
That I love various types of music and stand-up comedy. Though music is my gift, I don't read music and I've never been in a band or music class.
8. What do you do for exercise? For relaxation?
For exercise I work out 3 to 4 times a week. Developing new routines for my youth group is relaxing. I also don’t think about work related issues between 5:01 pm and 7:59 am, Monday through Friday. In other words, I don’t take work home with me.
9. What are you most proud of?
Being the father of two sons and a father figure to so many other youth.
10. What is your favorite Website or blog?
My favorite Website is YouTube, because it allows me to see what my sons have done and continue to do with their musical talents. It also allows me to hear and see classics that seem to have been forgotten about.