Patricia Sulouff, University of Rochester, New York, USA

Patricia Sulouff, Head, Physics-Optics-Astronomy Library,University of Rochester, New York, USA

Q: Why did you decide to become a librarian?

A: Before I became a librarian I was an English teacher. I loved bringing kids and books together. It was the best part of the job for me. I also started a small library from the ground up and found that so satisfying that I went out and got my MLS at Syracuse University.

Q: What book are you reading right now?

A: Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross. Super!

Q: Who do you admire the most (past or present) and why?

A: I've always admired Eleanor Roosevelt for her independent spirit, her common sense, and for the great good she did throughout her life especially for women and children.

Q: What was the first and last music record you bought?

A: If you really mean "record", it was probably a 45 rpm of a crazy song called The Purple People Eater! The last record was probably Faure's Requiem.

Q: If you could have any career other than your chosen profession, what would you choose?

A: This is really dreaming because my keyboard skills are pretty sad, but I've always said that in another life I'd like to play a pipe organ.

Q: If you could have dinner with any 3 people, past or present, who would they be?

A: Julia Child, an ancestor of mine from Yorkshire who could clue me in about other ancestors and my maternal grandfather whom I only knew as a child.

Q: Money no option, where would you like to go on vacation?

A: Every part of Scandinavia.

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