{"id":13,"date":"2026-06-05T23:41:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/?p=13"},"modified":"2026-06-05T23:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:55:56","slug":"a-little-about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/2026\/06\/05\/a-little-about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little About Me&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone!<\/p>\n<p>My name is Jennifer, and this is my second to last semester of the MLIS program.\u00a0 I\u2019m currently working as a library clerk at a small public library in Southern California. Prior to starting my MLIS\u00a0 journey, I worked in animal welfare and the veterinary field for many years. In the future, I hope to have a public facing library position as I thoroughly enjoy interacting with patrons and assisting with outreach and programming.\u00a0 Outside of work and school, I enjoy crocheting, hiking, cooking, and reading.\u00a0 I&#8217;m currently embarking on a Jane Austen year in 2026 by reading all of her novels and watching different adaptations of each (currently in my reread of <em>Emma<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>This course has been on my radar since I took INFO 200 my first semester. I&#8217;m glad I was able to fit it in! The shifts in what services and programs libraries offer as technology and user needs change are so exciting to me. I love discovering what creative programs other libraries offer and seeing how makerspaces and Library of Things evolve. I&#8217;m hoping this class helps me to better understand how to use emerging trends and technology to help create programs and collections that better engage and serve my library community.<\/p>\n<p>And just for fun, here is a photo of my new desk buddy and first pet jumping spider, Little Spood.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2026\/06\/1E53C502-A5DD-46DF-BAAB-62C0B311A41D_1_105_c-e1780702402578-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2026\/06\/1E53C502-A5DD-46DF-BAAB-62C0B311A41D_1_105_c-e1780702402578-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2026\/06\/1E53C502-A5DD-46DF-BAAB-62C0B311A41D_1_105_c-e1780702402578-676x901.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/585\/2026\/06\/1E53C502-A5DD-46DF-BAAB-62C0B311A41D_1_105_c-e1780702402578.jpeg 713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! My name is Jennifer, and this is my second to last semester of the MLIS program.\u00a0 I\u2019m currently working as a library clerk at a small public library in Southern California. Prior to starting my MLIS\u00a0 journey, I worked in animal welfare and the veterinary field for many years. In the future, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":859,"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-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-introductory-post","post-preview"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/jennshyperlinkedjourney\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}