{"id":21,"date":"2026-06-02T22:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/?p=21"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:24:32","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/2026\/06\/02\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>My name is Alexandra and this is my fifth year in the MLIS program. It has taken me a while, but I am excited to say that I am almost done and should be finishing next year in May!<\/p>\n<p>The first class I took was INFO 200 with Professor Stephens and that was where I heard about this course. We briefly learned about hyperlinked libraries, but I found the topic interesting and decided I wanted to take this class before I graduated. I am interested to learn about how to create a more humane centered approach to library services and apply what I learn to my current position and future career as a librarian. Currently, I work as an adult library associate at a public library and I am hoping to one day transition into a librarian position. Over the years I have worked in many different positions, from an inventory manager at an art store to an administrative assistant at children services. Among all of my positions, I have enjoyed working at public libraries the most. Interacting with patrons, building connections, and providing a service that makes people happy is what I love most about libraries and I hope to continue working in them from now on.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured below is an image from my most recent program titled &#8220;1000 Paper Cranes for Peace.&#8221; Throughout the month of May I introduced patrons to the Japanese tradition of folding 1000 paper cranes. I wasn&#8217;t sure if we would reach 1000 cranes, but with the help of our patrons and staff members we were able to make over 1300 cranes! It was a fun program that everyone was able to enjoy and participate in.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the library, I am mostly finding ways to entertain my 1 year old daughter. She is a ball of energy and keeps me on my toes, but it is finally warm here in Ohio so we will be going on many walks and outdoor storytimes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22\" style=\"width: 686px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22\" class=\"wp-image-22 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/552\/2026\/06\/PXL_20260522_195244271.PORTRAIT-1024x443.jpg\" alt=\"1300 hanging paper cranes in front of a glass window. \" width=\"676\" height=\"292\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;1000 Paper Cranes for Peace&#8221; Display<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, My name is Alexandra and this is my fifth year in the MLIS program. It has taken me a while, but I am excited to say that I am almost done and should be finishing next year in May! The first class I took was INFO 200 with Professor Stephens and that was where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":826,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post","post-preview"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/826"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/frominktohyperlinked\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}