{"id":3307,"date":"2011-04-26T10:45:57","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T15:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/?p=3307"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:37:44","slug":"meet-the-staff-ray-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2011\/04\/26\/meet-the-staff-ray-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Staff: Ray Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Title of your position: <\/strong>Serials Acquisitions Assistant, or SAASS, which is my preference but it hasn\u2019t caught on. Yet.<\/p>\n

What is your educational background? <\/strong>I graduated from Notre Dame in 2010 with a BA in History and Peace Studies, neither of which are applicable to my current position.<\/p>\n

How long have you been at Loyola\u00a0and what do you like best about working here? <\/strong>I\u2019ve been working at Loyola for\u2026 wait this is tough to remember way back when I started\u2026 I guess it\u2019s been about seven months. My favorite part of the job is feeling like I\u2019m helping students get a great education here at Loyola, even if not directly, and even if none of them know my job exists.<\/p>\n

What do you find most challenging about your work at Loyola? <\/strong>Since it\u2019s my first job after college, I\u2019ve just found the whole \u201cgetting up at the same time (before 11am) every day and going to work\u201d thing to be the most challenging. But that\u2019s not really a \u201cchallenge\u201d so much as it is an adjustment.<\/p>\n

What interests do you have outside of work?<\/strong> I enjoy a wide variety of sporting events\u2014especially Notre Dame football and the Philadelphia Phillies. To clarify: they\u2019re a baseball team; I don\u2019t know how much overlap there is between \u201cbaseball fans\u201d and \u201creaders of library blogs\u201d so I want to play it safe. Additionally, I relax by watching movies of all kinds (film buff?), reading about historical happenings (history buff?), and lifting heavy weights (buff buff?).<\/p>\n

Where have you traveled? <\/strong>I studied abroad in London for a semester in college, and while I was there I visited Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Belgium. I’d recommend all of those places except Portugal. I got the vibe that not even Portuguese people like Portugal that much.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been to Mexico, too, but that was for spring break when I was a senior, so I wouldn\u2019t call it a \u201ccultural experience\u201d by any means.<\/p>\n

What books have you read recently that you would recommend? <\/strong>I just finished \u201cBlood Meridian\u201d by Cormac McCarthy, which I very much enjoyed but isn\u2019t for the faint of heart; I could only get through it because I\u2019m so brave. This was the only question where I could mention my bravery, which I found disappointing.<\/p>\n

Ray can be seen wandering the back rooms of Cudahy, inspiring wonder and awe in both students and staff alike. He can be reached at rclark1@luc.edu.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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