
Mary Dee Ojala
Editor-in-Chief of KMWorld magazine and Online Searcher; longtime observer of knowledge management, information services, and AI.
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Jun 4, 2026
Episode 12: Marydee Ojala - From Story Hour to Enterprise AI: The Enduring Value of Librarianship
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Mary Dee OjalaGUEST
And then when I was at university, I worked in that library, and so when I graduated, it was, "Well, what are you gonna do?" Uh, probably work in libraries because it's kind of all I know.

Mary Dee OjalaGUEST
And, uh, I finally went to, to library school, um, and it was at l- it was in library school that I learned there was such a thing as corporate libraries.

Mary Dee OjalaGUEST
I didn't know corporations had libraries, and this just really was calling to me.

Mary Dee OjalaGUEST
And so when I, when I got my master's and was job hunting, I went to San Francisco.

Mary Dee OjalaGUEST
The ACIST, uh, meeting was there that year, and they had a job bank, and there was a job open at Bank America, Bank America Corporation, which is not the same thing as today's Bank of America.
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