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Inspiration Report: Comic-Con at the Library

For this inspiration report assignment, I ultimately ended up being drawn back to the topic I’d chosen for INFO 200’s final paper on information communities. In that class, I focused on online fandoms as my information community. Building off of … Continue reading

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Reflection 5: Infinite Learning Through Fun At The Library

The concept of fun as an integral part of certain library events and workshops is an idea that always stood out to me, particularly for its added benefit of being a sort of gateway into fostering and nurturing passions, interests … Continue reading

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Reflection 4: The Power of Stories (“I’m An Open Book!”)

A recurring theme in this model that intrigued me, especially since it was a concept that I was first introduced to in another class, is the idea of the ‘Human Library’. Could this be a new form of participatory service … Continue reading

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Reflection 3: New Models & Library Buildings

After getting an email as a part of a regular newsletter for the branch library I frequent, I learned that my preferred branch of SFPL was one of three that was underway for being renovated in the near future. The … Continue reading

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Innovation Strategy & Roadmap: The “Reading Race” Challenge

Hi everyone! For this assignment, I was inspired by public library summer reading programs — particularly SFPL’s Summer Stride program and the concept of SSR (silent sustained reading) time during my younger school years. Because of my positive experiences with … Continue reading

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Reflection 2: “Unquiet Library” Environments & Makerspaces

Going through this module’s selected readings and resources was quite a feat, as there were a lot of intriguing new ideas and information that caught my eye. That said, for this blog post, I decided to go back to the … Continue reading

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Reflection 1: BookTok & Hyperlinked Communities

When perusing this week’s readings, I was drawn to the article As Seen on #BookTok: Inspiring Young Readers, TikTok Is a Boon for Books by Kelly Jensen. Like many, I know of BookTok and have witnessed its explosive growth within … Continue reading

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Assignment X: The Case for Fine-Free Libraries

In 2019, the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL; the local library system I frequent) joined the pantheon of library systems across the country who opted to go completely fine-free (San Francisco Public Library, n.d.). I still remember the surprise and … Continue reading

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Once Upon A Time…

Hi everyone! My name’s Ramasha (she/her) which, despite its deceptive appearance, is pronounced as ‘rum-sha‘. I was born and raised in San Francisco and got my BA in Psychology with a Minor in Classics from San Francisco State University in … Continue reading

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