I enjoyed it too, thank you Dr Stephens!

I made a note when I submitted the link on canvas that I wish I could have used my web design skills from taking 240 this semester to make my 3-2-1 report. I think that would be an easy way for me to make an […]

Building off of Luke’s comment, the university library I work at was constantly shipping out loaner laptops to students during the pandemic. Thankfully we were able to get students the means to take classes […]

The comic was cute!

I like FastBook, it sounds like RedBox for books. But the two issues I see other than needing a library card are that books aren’t one uniform size and the machine can only hold so many books.

That’s a good thing to point out: advocating for funding. We’ve thrown around a lot of ideas this semester, but we have to pay for them somehow! I wish our roadmaps had touched on funding a bit more.

I’m feeling the burnout at my library right now. We had a lot of people retire or leave for new opportunities during the pandemic, and the university is dragging their feet on approving new job listings. Hopefully […]

“I honestly, and a little embarrassingly, came into this course expecting a lot more focus on the role that hyperlinks, that is text that can house a url to link to another site, play in searching for and […]

I went back to ready your post on the NY Met and it’s engagement with younger generations. I got to see the Hagia Sophia in 2019, before they reclassified it as a mosque. I think it was successful on social media […]

I love that you called out sewing and cooking! I feel that when people hear the word “makerspace” they immediately think of STEM, 3D printers, Raspberry Pi, etc. and forget that making things includes art, […]

I agree with your comment on community college libraries being an opportune place to implement the browsable model. I’ve only been in two community college libraries and they were polar opposites. One was a brand […]

I like that you looped in “Right to Repair” in your makerspace section. Companies like Apple don’t want those 3rd party repair shops to operate because on top of charging $1000+ for the phone, they make a ton of […]

I’m taking the graphic novel seminar with Houde this summer and I believe that in the past one banned graphic novel you had to read was Maus. I haven’t seen the new reading list yet, but I’m curious about how many […]

I forgot we had one today, but it was in the middle of a team-building problem-solving exercise. I have Sunday’s meeting marked in my calendar!

“We can best serve our users when we are curious and open to new ideas.”

Yes! I’ve met too many people who think we should keep doing something because “that’s the way it’s always been done,” even when that way […]

I like your anecdotes on working with patrons. As storekeeper, I mostly work with the librarians in a supporting role and not a public facing role.

“Routine exposure to “numbing fire hoses of information that we aim at our brains for much of the day.”

I’ll be one of the first to admit to consuming more information than I should in a day. Sounds like a b […]

I did a 3-2-1 list for my post. My ideas to explore are base off my roadmap and inspiration reports, and I included a bonus a-ha moment.