{"id":5,"date":"2026-06-02T01:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/?p=5"},"modified":"2026-06-02T01:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:44:52","slug":"welcome-to-the-hyperlinked-bookworm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/2026\/06\/02\/welcome-to-the-hyperlinked-bookworm\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Hyperlinked Bookworm!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hi Everyone!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My name is Amanda and I am starting my third semester of the MLIS program at SJSU.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am interested in both public and academic librarianship and hopefully will gain more insight into what career path I want to pursue as I continue on in the program. When I initially applied to the program, I was especially curious about cataloging and data organization. This summer, I have the opportunity to complete a cataloging internship and can\u2019t wait to gain hands-on experience in this field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The title of this course intrigued me and I\u2019m excited to explore the concept of the hyperlinked library this semester. The idea of a participatory service model and focusing on user-centered library services aligns with my own philosophy. I\u2019m looking forward to a semester of learning how emerging technology and trends can be utilized in library spaces to create communities and support human connections. This blog site will show my journey as I explore these topics and gain a better understanding of what the hyperlinked library entails!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To live up to the blog name, I\u2019ll end this post by sharing some of my favorite recent reads: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homeseeking<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Karissa Chen, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All Systems Red<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Martha Wells, <em>Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng<\/em> by Kylie Lee Baker, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Fox Wife<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Yangsze Choo, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Raven Scholar<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Antonia Hodgson.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Everyone! My name is Amanda and I am starting my third semester of the MLIS program at SJSU.\u00a0 I am interested in both public and academic librarianship and hopefully will gain more insight into what career path I want to pursue as I continue on in the program. When I initially applied to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/2026\/06\/02\/welcome-to-the-hyperlinked-bookworm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to the Hyperlinked Bookworm!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":824,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/824"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedbookworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}