The indefatigable Darci Hanning ("darcilicious" to #plone IRC users), leader of the Plinkit Plone-for-public-libraries project, was recently profiled in a LibraryJournal.com article about "The Women Who Drive Library Technology."

After soul-searching and career counseling, she decided she wanted to use her problem-solving approach and technology skills to help people and thought of libraries. She entered the University of Washington Information School distance program and volunteered for a wide variety of library projects in the Portland, OR, area. As she graduated in 2005, the technology consultant at the Oregon State Library retired. Delighted, Hanning jumped at the opening and landed her “dream job.” She calls it luck, but people like... Hanning make opportunities for themselves through bold strokes and hard work.