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Michael Stephens and Isabel Prieto-Torres are now friends 1 months ago
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Carly Scarberry posted an update in the group Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 1 months ago
I am not really binging anything on television, but I have found myself listening to Crime Junkies podcast while shelving books at work for most of the last few months. I have to make sure I can quickly hit pause if a small kiddo comes into the library.
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@carlys I listened to a ton of MFM a few years ago. Have dipped in CJ and some others.
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Carly Scarberry joined the group Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 1 months ago
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Caroline wrote a new post on the site hyperdriven 1 months ago
Here I Am. Rock you like a…gentle breeze? Hello, all 🙂 Welcome to my INFO287 Blogspace. I’ve just completed my first two semesters in the MLIS […]
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Hi Caroline! You will definitely have the opportunity to continue teaching in public libraries! I know it won’t be quite the same as running your own school, but with your background in education I am sure that any public library would be thrilled to have you. Between daily programs, literacy classes, computer tutoring, storytimes, citizenship clinics and more, teaching and learning are ever-present in public librarianship, so I bet you’ll feel right at home. Do you want to continue to work with children and tweens in the library world, or are you hoping to transition to a different type of library role?
I am also a novice ukulele player! Do you have any songs you are currently learning, or any good favorites you come back to?
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Thanks for your comment, Rachel, and for the reassurance that there will still be plenty of teaching to be done in libraries 🙂 I am very much looking forward to leading storytimes (soon!), and have just started joining in with our teen advisory group (what a fun group of young adults!). I came in to the MLIS program with the goal of becoming a children’s librarian in public libraries, thought I can also say that I went into teaching with the goal of teaching preschool and ended up loving elementary (lower and upper) students just as much as the preschool kiddos. I’m keeping an open mind!
As for ukulele, I can’t say I’ve quite made it to novice status yet – I’m still very much a beginner. I’m learning chords and have so far mainly tackled ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat’ 😉 I love that you play as well! Do you play your ukulele at storytime? I got into the instrument originally with the hopes of being able to play songs for my preschoolers, and am excited to be proficient enough to play for more than just myself in my lessons.-
Hi again Caroline! I actually have never played my ukulele as part of storytime, but some of my coworkers do! Musical instruments are a big hit with most of our patrons (of all ages). We are actually going to be adding some ukuleles to our “library of things” collection soon, so I’ll likely be in charge of tuning and restringing them when they come back from checkouts. I have always enjoyed that there is space in the library profession to use your personal talents/interests to inform and enrich our work!
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@rcsyme I love that you’ll be adding ukuleles to your library of things. (I am a HUGE fan of libraries of things.) So fun that you’ll get to be in charge of taking good care of them. I also love when you get to shine your personal light in your occupational role.
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I do those NYT times puzzles (and Spelling Bee) everyday!
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@crain How fun! It’s such good brain exercise 🙂
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@caroline I so appreciate your thoughts on librarianship, and the idea that once a teacher always a teacher. 😀
Thank you for sharing your background. Welcome to #hyperlib!
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@michael Thank you! I’m excited to be part of this class 🙂
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NYT crossword everyday for like 20 years. I simply cannot start my day without it.
My mother, a couple of aunts, my brother and several cousins and I have a group chat of our Wordle scores. The older group (my mother and her sisters) claim it is so they can keep up with us daily, but we know it is so they can brag about their score since they always beat us.
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@carlys How funny – my WORDLE circle has diminished as some friends have moved on to other games, but I have one friend who’ll occasionally ask for hints, which I find to be a delightful creative challenge 🙂 You must be an excellent crossworder! Have you seen the documentary Wordplay (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492506/)?
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I wouldn’t say I am a excellent crossworder. lol I still struggle with the Friday/Saturday puzzles. I think I do then just as a way to escape. I have not see the documentary, I will definitely have to check it out.
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Carly Scarberry wrote a new post on the site Library Thoughts 1 months ago
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@carlys “ more technology, more stories, more opportunities…”
Love this! This is exactly what the class is about. Thanks for sharing your background. It’s so interesting. All the places that you have found yourself.
Welcome to #hyperlib!
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Hi Carly,
What an exciting “meandering” path you’ve been on! First of all, congratulations on all the upcoming milestones and phase of life transitions. I have 4 little ones and have a ways to go before anyone graduates high school. I see getting to Empty Nester status as an incredible achievement to be proud of. And a retirement and Master’s graduation? What a 12 months, indeed! So much to be proud of.
This –> ” I inquired, interviewed and was hired in the span of half an hour.” sounds like one of those really cool serendipitous life moments. 🙂
What were your favorite parts about living in Japan? My husband and I lived in Tokyo for a spell and had a very memorable time. In more recent years, we had a couple of our children in a Japanese immersion program at their US elementary school and now plan to take them to Tokyo this fall as a treat. The food, trains, and cultural heritage spots come to mind as things I’m especially excited to share.
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Hi Alexis,
My favorite part was EVERYTHING. We live in Tokyo for four years and despite not looking like anyone there or really speaking the language or understanding all the culture I had never been to a place that felt more like me. The Japanese people are so welcoming and yet are not pushy. The landscape is gorgeous and so inviting for outside enjoyment.
What years were you there? Maybe we crossed paths without even knowing it. 🙂*****This –> ” I inquired, interviewed and was hired in the span of half an hour.” sounds like one of those really cool serendipitous life moments. 🙂
Yeah, I don’t really believe in fate but I definitely ended up where I was suppose to be.
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Michael Stephens and Nicole are now friends 1 months ago
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Michael Stephens wrote a new post on the site INFO 287 – The Hyperlinked Library 1 months ago
#hyperlib Class Chats Scheduled You’ll find these listed under the menu Learning Community –> #hyperlib Chats #hyperlib Chats Occasionally throughout the semester, […]
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Michael Stephens and Jennifer Gifford are now friends 1 months ago
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