Still water may run deep, but what lives in a stagnant pond? Can librarians stand as the cornerstone of a community if they do not receive care and opportunities for growth themselves? How can you pour from an empty cup? These are the questions that I’ve been turning over when thinking about infinite learning. The idea of infinite learning, of course, is two fold. 1. The library is everywhere (Stephens, n.d.), and 2. therefore, endless learning and opportunities for such must exist and be ever-present and all around us. Library programming is a part of infinite learning, and so is everything else that is tangentially related: Ted Talks, Lego Clubs,…

While reading the suggested article about Carroll University’s food share program, I was struck by the idea of turning an academic library into a place where students could turn to reduce hunger in their communities. Harkening back to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, food accessibility in libraries lay the foundation for the success of the whole person and addresses one of the most fundamental needs of personhood. Food insecurity is a severe national problem, and college students make up a large segment of those who are being left behind. Between the high cost of tuition, supplies, books, housing, and food, as well as the added mental load of stepping out on…