Recently, Time Magazine published a listicle of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time. Admittedly, I have not read all 100, I would estimate I’ve read maybe a quarter. I also am not sure that I agree with some that I’ve read that are listed, but I’m not a famous author so they didn’t ask me my opinion. (The panelists included Tomi Adeyemi, Diana Gabaldon, Neil Gaiman, Marlon James, and George R. R. Martin, to name a few). The oldest…
Libraries like to celebrate the holidays, too! Here are some festive displays from libraries that incorporate books and evoke the holiday spirit.First, we have some pretty cool snowpeople shared in the thumbnail of this post! From left to right:Sonja Shulz, a high school librarian in Texas, built this great snowmanFrom Gina Sheridan’s blog, “I Work at a Public Library”Courtesy of Irwin Library at Butler University, here’s another snowman built on a base made of reams of paper and sporting a top hat…
Good day, and Happy Holidays to everyone. For this blog I felt like I should do something holiday themed, and there is a small project that I am doing on the side for this year. I have been on Pinterest for far too many years, it is my go-to for inspiration on things to make. I have found my best recipes and craft projects from Pinterest. This blog is showing my current arts and craft project of creating an Eye…
How I Feel? People think that classes would be a lot easier when they are online, because we are stuck at home every day, right? Well, it’s actually a lot harder than I had expected, especially field base classes that happen to be my higher courses. The lack of motivation I’ve had to complete lesson plans, papers, discussion forums and other endless amounts of work is more than I had anticipated. How can you physically gather yourself to attempt to…
I started working in the Mary and Jeff Bell Library, March 18, 1998. The Library is a division of Academic Affairs reporting to the Provost. During the past 22 years, I have seen three Presidents and six Provosts in administration. I have worked directly under three Directors, one Interim Director, two Management Teams, one Associate Vice President, and currently the Dean of Libraries. There was a point when we had a void in library leadership and I was the only…