Please welcome Selicity Icefire, our new Administrative Assistant at the Mark O. Hatfield Library. Selicity came to us this December after working four years at The Avian Medical Center, Oregon’s only bird-only veterinary hospital (other species not welcome).
She has two majors through Portland State University: anthropology (archaeology emphasis) and earth science (geological engineering emphasis). While this is her first time working in a library, Selicity is no stranger to libraries. During her undergrad, she enjoyed spending time in the library, including the Fort Vancouver archives during her field archaeology studies. Interestingly, as an anthropology major Selicity preferred to do the cataloging and records management portion of archaeological digs.
The next time you see Selicity, make sure to ask about her four birds. Three of them are cockatoos and the fourth is a black Greater Vasa Parrot, all of whom are “fairly well behaved boys.” The oldest cockatoo, named Banzai, “owns” two cats (just ask the bird!). The cats, named Captain Jack and Strax, a nod toward the bald alien in the Doctor Who series, are both hairless sphinx. Also Selicity is an avid jammer, as in berry and fruit jam, and usually makes a batch of jam each weekend.
If you need general directions in the Hatfield Library, to setup meetings, questions about paper work, etc. Selicity is a good person to contact. She also helps in the Archives and Special Collections.
Please help welcome Selicity the next time you see her! The photos below are of Selicity and her animals.
