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Librarian Anna Johnson just loves working with students, and technically she’s, well, dating one.
“I have to be careful with that one!” Johnson said, laughing. “My 34-year-old partner of seven years is taking classes here, I’m not just dating a student.”
And yes, they do meet for romantic lunches in the Vista.
Johnson recently went from part to full-time instructional coordinator in the library, meaning she teaches students how to do research and use the online library tools.
“I love it, I feel connected with the rest of the school and with the students,” she said.
She’s happy to be working full-time, because landing a full-time library position can be tough—at one point she was working part-time at 11 different libraries!
Johnson grew up on Long Island and originally came to Oregon for a one-year West Coast excursion, just to see how the other half lives. She ended up falling in love with the place and returned at the first opportunity.
“I was in a grocery store in Boston and saw one of those cans of Oregon blueberries with the black label and burst into tears,” she said, laughing. “That’s when I realized how much I missed it.”
In her free time, Johnson enjoys photography, graphic design and writing. She recently wrote a chapter about using storytelling in library instructional classes for an upcoming book by the Association of College and Research Librarians.