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Sara Martinez wrote a new post on the site Sara's Hyperlinked Blog 3 days, 2 hours ago
Reflective Blog – Infinite Learning In the infinite learning module, I appreciated reading the article titled Emotional Labor, Stressors, and Librarians Who Work with the Public Continue reading
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Sara Martinez wrote a new post on the site Sara's Hyperlinked Blog 5 days, 6 hours ago
Reflection Blog – The Power of Stories Before this course, I had heard of Human Libraries, but I never stopped to think WHY stories are important in libraries. I can now see a Continue reading
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Sara Martinez commented on the post, Class Social Chat Thoughts?, on the site 6 days, 6 hours ago
I also will not be able to join on these days. I work Saturdays and will be out with my mom on Sunday the 12th.
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Sara Martinez commented on the post, Inspiration: Hiring a Social Worker at Des Moines PL, on the site 6 days, 6 hours ago
The library system I work for recently opened a new position and hired two Community Outreach Specialists, which is similar to a social worker. They help patrons in the library by connecting them to resources, as well as go out into the community and partner with other organizations. The COS at the library I work for is starting a partnership with…[Read more]
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Sara Martinez wrote a new post on the site Sara's Hyperlinked Blog 1 weeks, 2 days ago
Reflection Blogging – New Horizons It’s important for libraries to look at new horizons and adapt, but I’ve always personally felt a little behind the times. I was one of the las Continue reading
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This is a great topic. I have been uncomfortable with AI so I took a training offered by California Library Association called “AI and the Future of Libraries.” I found it to be very helpful. It was divided into three sections: how libraries can use ChatGBT, How AI works, and ethics of AI. I especially appreciated the conversation about ethics and AI.
On a side note, all three guest speakers were professors of San Jose States iSchool!
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Sara Martinez wrote a new post on the site Sara's Hyperlinked Blog 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Innovation Strategy & RoadmapTwo of my favorite things are libraries and animals. Aside from some libraries offering programs where children can read with dogs, animals and Continue reading
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@smartinez This is a wonderful presentation with lots of great details. It seems like you planned for everything. Great inspiration and kick in the pants for me to finish mine!
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Sara Martinez wrote a new post on the site Sara's Hyperlinked Blog 1 months, 3 weeks ago
Reflective Blog – Hyperlinked Environments Looking into global libraries makes me yearn for a trip around the world just to visit these beautiful and innovative spaces. One that stood Continue reading
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Sara Martinez commented on the post, From Deep in COVID Times: Library Take Out, on the site 2 months ago
I worked in three different libraries during the Covid curbside days. That was a wild time. I can see how a simple video like this one would have cleared up a lot of questions patrons had! This was clever.
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Sara Martinez commented on the post, Fluid Dates, on the site 2 months, 1 weeks ago
I have a short trip coming up and was stressing about working ahead for all of my classes. Thank you so much for this breathing room!
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Sara Martinez wrote a new post on the site Sara's Hyperlinked Blog 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Reflective Blog: Serving Underserved Kids Photo by Yael Gonzalez on Unsplash The library I work in is located in an underserved and low-income community. We have 3rd, 4th, and 5th Continue reading
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@smartinez Your idea for outreach and a proactive approach for librarians getting out into the schools is a good one. Community partnerships too might be a way to give more kids a chance to read, etc.
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Sara Martinez commented on the post, Reflection II: The Hyperlinked Academic Library: Flipping Education vs. Traditional Education, on the site 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Dumping them entirely. My branch is donating a lot of it to schools in the area. We’re using different weeding criteria depending on the section, but we’re trying to stick to items that aren’t circing well and haven’t been checked out in a couple years. And yes, it’s every branch. This is why we’re all pretty upset about the whole thing, but it’s…[Read more]
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Sara Martinez wrote a new post on the site Sara's Hyperlinked Blog 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Assignment X – Re-thinking Library Spaces For assignment X, I’d like to explore a very divisive transition my library is currently going through and relate it to topics from class and o Continue reading
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You didn’t say — are they dumping 1/2 the books entirely, or are they moving them to storage so they’ll still be retrievable? Is it perhaps the outdated non-fiction books…?
Every branch?
That seems…excessive.
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Dumping them entirely. My branch is donating a lot of it to schools in the area. We’re using different weeding criteria depending on the section, but we’re trying to stick to items that aren’t circing well and haven’t been checked out in a couple years. And yes, it’s every branch. This is why we’re all pretty upset about the whole thing, but it’s happening whether we like it or not so I’m trying to be positive. It’s hard though.
Also, just to be clear, it’s only the children’s collection. Adults and teen isn’t being affected.
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Sara Martinez commented on the post, About the Author, on the site 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Hi Laurel,
Sorry I missed your comment! I currently work at the Gilroy Library. Before getting a permanent job there, I was a floater and worked at Cupertino, Campbell, and Morgan Hill for short periods of time. Milpitas is one of the libraries I haven’t worked in yet. That’s awesome, though! The library world is absolutely smaller than you would think. -
Sara Martinez commented on the post, Project X: Open the Doors, on the site 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Jeanna,
I really appreciate the points you make in this post. How can libraries be seen and used as community hubs if they aren’t open at times that the majority of people can visit? I’m lucky to work for a library that has evening hours (open until 9pm) Monday-Wednesday. We recently started up a new monthly program and, for now, we’re…[Read more]
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Sara Martinez commented on the post, Behold! Our OPML File!, on the site 3 months ago
Done! Now I need one for personal interests, too!
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Sara Martinez commented on the post, Action Item: Share Your Intro Post Here!, on the site 3 months, 1 weeks ago
Hi! Here’s my intro post 🙂
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Sara Martinez commented on the post, Important: Creating an OPML File for Your Blogs, on the site 3 months, 1 weeks ago
Here’s mine! Sorry if this is late. I’m still getting used to this new class set-up.
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Hi, Sara! Weirdly enough, I was just talking in a discussion post for a different class about the translatable skills between customer service and our field. I think the forward-facing social aspect of reference service librarianship really caught me off guard when I first started working in a public library, but slowly became one of my favorite parts of my job. A fundamental difference between the two is the power dynamic – service workers are often bound by the act of service to defer to their customers, while librarians often hold far more power as gatekeepers of information accessibility. Nevertheless, it can be very demanding for an introvert; so, thank you for the article recommendation! I had never made the connection between the gender statistics of our field and the expectations patrons have of us and our labor.