Stacia'spot

Welcome to blog post number 2; the saga of the remote classroom. ...alright, its most definitely not a saga. In fact, I really enjoyed the remote classroom idea. The vibe that it gave off to me, though, was very 'online class-esque'. In the past, I have loathed having online classes. I liked the concept, but the actual execution for me was not good at all. For example, two summers ago to fulfill my foreign language requirement for undergrad I took an online Spanish class. The reason why this was so terrible was that I consistently forgot that there were quizzes due every Sunday and it was hard to regularly check when homework was due because there weren't reminder emails. My Spanish final was also basically a Skype call (much like how the BlueJeans website worked) but it was scary for me because we were required to have our microphone and video camera on. I do see how online classes overall are very beneficial, especially for non-traditional student usage. The reading b...

Hello!  My name is Stacia (Stay-Sha) and people think I'm weird for wanting to be a librarian. I attended Siena Heights University for the last four years and worked behind the desk in the library during that time (warmly being known as 'that library girl'). Everyone thought I was going to become a famous singer or go save the world full time, not only during the summer, but alas, the joke's on them. I've been learning that I love kiddo's in any age group so I decided to mix a couple of my passions into a job which was handily already made up; Youth Services Librarian. For the past two years I have run youth mission trips in Joplin, Missouri and Lorain County, Ohio. These moments have changed me greatly but they have also opened up a vast doorway of possibility and learning. I have met beautiful friends and people I now call family but I have also had the task of understanding that people (namely people ages 12-20) have different learning styles, something I am...

For the last two class periods, we have had mini-lessons taught by our classmates. I've honestly really enjoyed seeing how everyone has been able to fit so much information into just a short twenty minutes, but they have all been doing such a wonderful job. The mini-lesson that has really stuck with me though has been Eric and Packy's lesson about content management and managing personnel. I'm not sure exactly why, but all of the sections that they talked about was information that I had never heard before or had never thought of before so it was really interesting! It's really fascinating to me to learn about the reasoning behind how managers decide to hire someone (probably because that is what is happening in my current situation [looking for a job]). Packy and Eric really had a well-rounded discussion about hiring but also the possible reasons someone might get separated from a job. Chapter 14 about user experience was a really interesting chapter to read through....

Well, unfortunately I had to miss class once again due to sickness and not wanting to spread nasty germs around. The main focus of this class was to present our team made lib guides. Since I was not there to present, I recorded myself doing a little presentation of my own for the media portion of our youth resources lib guide. In that, I talked about our three different sections of media: Non fiction and fictional book recommendations and youtubers who have influenced the gay community. Finding book recommendations for gay teenagers is really easy since the GenZ generation is so open with their sexuality and some specific books stood out, such as Simon vs. The Homosapien Agenda and other books that have been made into movies. I also discussed how the non-fiction book selection (specifically on addressing educational topics) were very slim. We were able to choose some book selections by already well-known public speakers, such as Ash Hardell, and integrate those into our book recommend...

Last week we were able to walk downtown to look at the lit up books that paved Liberty street! I though that this was such an interesting art project that they turned into something really beautiful. Seeing all of the people there as well was something really awesome to be a part of! Even though this was not technically part of the class plan for the night I thought it was really eye-opening for us (especially since this is a class about the library) to see how these books in the street touched so many people.  That was at our break time and for the rest of the class we discussed reader’s advisory: What it means and how to participate in it. Reader's advisory is basically when you give a patron a book recommendation. The term 'reader's advisory' sounds so much more daunting then just book recommendation, doesn't it? The two main things that I took away from class this day was the fact that reader’s advisory can be applicable to academic libraries and book recomme...

http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2014/05/your-role-in-readers-advisory/ http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/05/jack-of-all-trades-readers-advisory-how-to-learn-a-little-about-a-lot/ The articles that I looked up were on the public library atmosphere and the problems that we face when patrons ask for a book recommendation. This has happened to me quite a few times when a patron asks me what type of book they should read next based off of an author that they just finished. The first article touches on how we as clerks can help out people finding specific genres and books they might enjoy and the second really discusses different theory's in recommending books and how to recommend them. According to the second article, " Many readers’ advisory courses and articles caution against pushing your favorite books or authors on a patron. I’m going to buck convention here and say that while yes, you must avoid only giving out your favorites, you do need to become so well-versed in ...

In class last week we met in the Hatcher library and had a class taught by Shevon! I always like it when we have guest lecturers in any class because its a fun way to switch it up. Shevon took us on a tour of Hatcher and Shaprio libraries, to the reference room, the back stacks and the artifacts room (that’s definitely not the correct title of it… the place where people study artifacts and articles on a much deeper level). Shevon's main goal for class was to show us all of the reasons for reference as well as teaching us where the reference spots are on campus.  I really enjoyed the point in class when we went looking for a reference item and had to decide where exactly in a library the reference item could possibly go. It was really interesting to think about, in depth, the reasoning behind why something goes where. Cataloging is not my forte but I do like learning about it. Another interesting aspect is all of the different topics that there a...