Just getting to this recording. What a great chat! Casey had a lot of great insights to offer. I have seen first hand how signing up k-12 students for cards increases patronage. I appreciate that he shared his honest opinion of social media marketing, he made a fair point when he mentioned that followers have already made the effort to seek out a…[Read more]

I enrolled for the Spring 2025 e-portfolio class earlier this week! It’s the last class I will be taking and then I am done with my MLIS!

This is so cool! I can’t wait to try it out.

@michael I LOVE that library you shared about in Copenhagen with the climbable shelving! I worked as a media assistant at a public elementary school library for several years which has an amphitheater that begs to be climbed on and you bet that I let the kiddos get comfy on those oversized steps to read and get cozy and socialize. It made them so happy.

@michael This module was really helpful! I do work with some employees who have several years and even several decades under their belt that are great co-workers, but are a little bitter and/or jaded by having worked for a county library system for so long that they have a lot of negativity around new ideas. I get it, they are often overwhelmed by…[Read more]

Hi Denise,

I hope that life settles for you soon. Sending well wishes!

Hello Professor Stephens! I just want to verify the time for this meeting. Will it start at 1PM PST?

Thank you for providing this information!

Hello Denise,

I have worked as an elementary school library assistant, too! Although my title was technically a media center assistant, it was essentially the same responsibilities, I would handle tech, too. I LOVED that job, unfortunately it was only offered as a part time position. I was, for all intents and purposes, a children’s librarian…[Read more]

Hi Carlee!
It’s nice to meet you. I worked in education for 8 years. 6 of which was alongside teachers as a library assistant (essentially the librarian). Teaching is HARD, I think it’s wonderful that you taught for 6 years. Although I didn’t teach in the traditional sense, I still operated under the public school education model and I believe…[Read more]

Hi everyone!
Here is my introduction post

Introduction

Hello Professor,

The URL that you posted under the 3rd bullet in Action items is not linked to the page that you described.

https://287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/mirandainfo287/

What did y’all think of the finale? I saw a lot of negative reactions to it online, but I enjoyed it!