This was an immensely valuable event overall, and it highlighted a lot of important topics and discourse specific to libraries in rural settings — something I've found to be difficult to find in the larger conferences and webinars put on by the American Library Association, or other such monoliths in the profession.The topics of community [...]
As a continuation of my path to obtaining licensure in School and Library Information Sciences, I took a semester-long course focusing on selecting and evaluating both print and multimodal media materials that are appropriate for students in grades 7-12. I became more knowledgeable about issues facing secondary school librarians: book challenges, selecting the right ebook [...]
I attended the virtual Young Adult Services Symposium. I've always wanted to attend a YALSA Symposium, so I was very excited to have the opportunity with it going virtual. Some of the sessions were recorded ahead of time and some were live, and they’re all available to watch after the conference ended.I attended many panels [...]
MLA 2020 wrap up notes for Prairielands I was able to attend the first ever fully digital MLA conference with the help of Prairielands. The class sessions and speakers were scheduled and we had multiple choices of topics and classes to choose from for each session time. On Wednesday, Sept. 30th I attended the following [...]
I've attended an ALA Annual and Midwinter before, but it's been a while, so I was excited to have the opportunity to attend ALA Virtual this year. The nice thing about this online format is that many of the panels were recorded and available to watch outside of their scheduled time. I watched a panel [...]
Entering my third semester at Mankato State University, I elected to take the course, KSP 622: Materials for Children. This course focused on selecting and evaluating both print and multimodal media materials that are appropriate for children in grades kindergarten through sixth grade. I became knowledgeable about current issues such as censorship, social justice, and [...]
Thank you so much for the grant to attend PLA in Nashville. I had a wonderful time. I met many new librarians, authors, and vendors. I attended a session called "Serving Patrons With Mental Illness and Promoting Wellness". This session fit in well with my library. We have 3 different "houses" of patrons who are [...]
I took the course IM (Information Media) 696 from St. Cloud State University, Portfolio, fall semester. This was an online course in which my final master's portfolio chapters 1-3 were planned, researched, and written. I used refereed articles to research, met with my culminated project committee to discuss changes that were needed, and made necessary [...]
Last month, I completed an online course on library services for people living with memory loss. As of 2019, over 5.8 million people in the United States suffer from Alzheimer’s dementia, with the numbers projected to keep growing. The course covered the importance of serving those who are caregivers for loved ones with memory loss. [...]
Over the last month, I have worked through the online course created by Sphero to better learn how to utilize the Sphero SPRK+ robots that the library owns. The course taught me the basics of how to create programs using the draw, blocks, and text options. It also helped further explain what the terms on [...]