{"id":3,"date":"2026-06-04T05:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/?p=3"},"modified":"2026-06-04T05:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:35:49","slug":"introductory-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/2026\/06\/04\/introductory-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Introductory Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone! My name is Rachel. I am located in rural Wisconsin. I live in a forest, and my nearest neighbors are cows. I work in a small technical college library. We are a staff of only two. So, my job duties are varied, including: cataloging, collection development, course reserves, reference, staffing the service desk, interlibrary loan, archives, records management, programming, student worker management, etc. Of these duties, I most enjoy cataloging, interlibrary loan, and managing our small college archives. (We launched a digital archive last year, which has been one of my most proud professional moments.) If I am being honest, I will admit that I chose this class as a backup. I originally enrolled in a genealogy class this summer. I am a genealogist and was really excited to take that class, which only seems to run in the summers. Unfortunately, this genealogy class was cancelled. I chose this hyperlinked library class as an alternative because I saw good reviews for the class and the professor. I was also drawn to the patron focus in this class. I work in a technical college where student success is our main priority. So, I think this class could help me improve at work. This semester, I am most excited about the choose your own adventure opportunities. I have never encountered this in a graduate level class!<\/p>\n<p>This is a picture of me in front of the Hogwarts castle at Universal Studios in Orlando. I went there this past January. It was only about 40 degrees most of the trip. However, I escaped -10 degree weather back home in Wisconsin. So, this seemed like a heat wave!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4\" src=\"http:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/567\/2026\/06\/20260128_103741-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Universal Studios Hogwarts Castle\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/567\/2026\/06\/20260128_103741-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/567\/2026\/06\/20260128_103741-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/567\/2026\/06\/20260128_103741-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/567\/2026\/06\/20260128_103741-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/567\/2026\/06\/20260128_103741-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone! My name is Rachel. I am located in rural Wisconsin. I live in a forest, and my nearest neighbors are cows. I work in a small technical college library. We are a staff of only two. So, my job duties are varied, including: cataloging, collection development, course reserves, reference, staffing the service desk, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/2026\/06\/04\/introductory-post\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Introductory Post<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":841,"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-3","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-info-287"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/pieceofmind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}