Abbie's Digital Spine

Hi all! I decided to create a playlist of songs that coincide (loosely) with my reflection blog posts: https://canva.link/blkqmarwe0048sq  

I decided to come up with another program, this one based on The Power of Stories module. I discussed how this would work for the library I work at, but this could be used at any public library. Here’s my inspiration report! Tarvin_INFO 207 Inspiration Report  

I’m currently working at my first library job where I have worked part-time (about 29 hours a week) for a little over a year now. When I started college I always knew that I wanted to do something with cultural heritage, continued learning, and books. My first experience into this realm was two internships–one in…

Consuming stories shapes how we view the world and teaches us how to empathize. Even the most seemingly mundane stories from patrons could unknowingly make their entire day. Everyone deserves to tell their story and have someone listen to their story. Before I started writing my blog post, I was watching Dawson’s Creek and there is a…

Gen Z vs. Millennials Library Use chart(Berens & Noorda, 2025). When I was thinking about what I wanted to write for this blog post, one of the points on the lecture slide kept coming back to me. On the “Trendspotting Thoughts” slide, there was a question that asked “What new needs or behaviors are emerging,…

The Community Care Initiative is a program for the Guntersville Public Library designed to help underserved patrons within the community. I had some issues embedding the slideshow, so I included a pdf link below with a plan and a breakdown of the details for this program. GPL Community Care Initiative

This module’s materials had me thinking about the devastating literacy crisis that we are currently facing across the globe. Also, while technology is a great tool that the hyperlinked library model supports, technology has been proven to negatively affect mental health and attention spans (Small et al., 2020). It is important for libraries to still…

“Connect Around Purpose, People, or Possibility.” -(Stephens, 2026) This module’s materials were a reminder of the fact that community is the backbone of libraries. Programming is the perfect way to reach new patrons and to provide fun, interactive spaces for existing patrons, as “the library is for ALL users” (Stephens, 2025). This started making me…

Public libraries have long been viewed solely as places that store books for the community to check out. Libraries offer a plethora of services today, and they are open to help their patrons in any way possible. Today’s library is a third space, an information center, and ultimately serves as the heart of the public.…

Hi everyone! My name is Abbie, and I’m from Alabama. This summer session is my second semester in the program at SJSU. For fun, I love to go thrifting, play board games, read, go to the gym, watch movies and go to the movie theater (if you can’t tell from my title haha). I really…