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Innovation Roadmap: The Armchair Traveller’s Book Club
The Armchair Traveller’s Book Club
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I Can Do Anything! : Hyperlinked Communities
I am here because of Lavar Burton. I mean, no, not really. But yes, really, kind of? A lot of us of a certain age are here because of Lavar Burton, and his seminal show, Reading Rainbow. I mean, I was a child of the 80s! Lavar Burton and his friends made reading COOL. There were kids that looked like ME. I did not grow up in a community with many Hapa kids, I was generally the only one. It never felt problematic when I was really young, but no place is perfect and, like so many of us, I definitely was on the receiving end of multiple unkindnesses. Reading…
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Hello, #hyperlib !
Hi everyone! My name is Mei and I am excited to be working with you all on the Hyperlinked Library. I currently live in Denver, and have for about four years. This is my third semester at SJSU, so we’re getting closer! I intern at the Helen Fowler Library at the Denver Botanic Gardens, working with their archives department, and I also moonlight with their catalogers when they need extra help. Before this, I worked for many years as a pastry chef, and before that I taught high school French. I have both a BA and an MA in French literature, so looking back, the circuitous path is all in…