What do you think librarians do? What do you think would be really cool if librarians started doing it? What do you think the library of the future...

I think librarians are supposed to help peop find books and give advice on research. However, pretty much every librarian I have met has been a wee bit cranky and often downright mean. I mean, I understand tha that libraries have rules- and I follow them 99% of the time, but they always get angry with me during that 99% of the time-- not once have I been caught chewing gum in the library or eating a granola bar in a study carrel. Nope, I get yelled at for standing in the wrong line to check out a book or for plugging my computer into an (unmarked) out of service outlet.

I think it would be cool if librarians stopped being so uptight about the books-- I'm not going to flush it down the toilet or run over it with my car or stick my gum between the pages- I just want to sit quietly at the table and read. It would also be great if they knew more about computers-- I do a lot of research, and I am a computer disaster magnet; I would die if something happened to my work.

The library of the future will definitely be composed of all digital books. Everyone will have a kindle or an iPad or a Nook. Only really old, prestigious libraries like the Harvard Library System or- I don't know- the New York Public Library- will have paper books. They'll probably be regarded as precious artifacts- like cave drawings or ancient scrolls. Although I am looking forward to this because of the amount of trees that will be savd, it is kind of grim to imagine turning to the first page of the Iliad and not being greeted by the great smell of an old book. Sad thought.

What do you hope to study when you go to college and why? How is the Pre Collegiate program helping you meet your goals?

When I go to college (at Brown, Columbia, or NYU) I will be a Pre Med. History Major. I want to be a cardothroactic surgeon, but I am also very very very interested in history and politics. The Pre Collegiate program is helping me meet my goals by making my transcript and resume look more competitive, so I will have more of an advantage over people who have not participated in a Pre Collegiate program at a univeristy.