I am, at last, exactly what I want to be: a full time public librarian. As the Director of Innovative Family Services at the Fayetteville Free Library in NY I manage children’s and teens fiction and graphic novel collections, plan teen programs, oversee volunteers, and basically get to be very very cool all the time. … Continue reading »
Yesterday was the first ever Digital Learning Day. It was a day to learn and teach about digital media and technology with an emphasis on trying something new. The Fayetteville Free Library put together a display table showcasing all of our circulating devices, new databases, and all the digital and technological services offered that patrons … Continue reading »
This is cross posted from the Fayetteville Free Library’s Library Schooled Blog. A blog for the LIS students working at the FFL to write about our experiences in school and in the library. Since beginning library school in the fall of 2010, I’ve developed a fondness for social media, Twitter in particular. This summer I … Continue reading »
In the ongoing move to a Dewey-free nonfiction collection, the first part of the project is completed. All of the nonfiction books were removed from their shelves and organized by topic. About a third of the books have been put in new record sets according to topic. Here’s the temporary workstation where I was processing … Continue reading »
Today, the library where I work began a (hopefully) week-long project to transition our nonfiction collection to a Dewey-free layout. First, all of the books need to be removed from the shelves and sorted by topic. We will affix stickers on the spines of each book identifying the topic and update the library catalog with … Continue reading »
