Let’s build a Community of Readers (2026)

“When children see the adults around them using reading and writing in their everyday lives, they’re more likely to become readers and writers themselves.” — How to Create a Literate Home: Young Child and Kindergartener, PBS Kids, March 26, 2012. I created flyers for coworkers at SRCSA to display a book that they are currently reading. My design is based on one by librarian Andrea Trudeau.
https://youtu.be/HxMp9YuJ-kI

‘My Fade is Fresh’ by Grant and Thomas

A new school year is underway in SRCSA library, and I’ve already fielded my first read-aloud request: My Fade is Fresh, by Shauntay Grant.

UCM, LIS 5622 : Introductions

For the nearly 10 years that I’ve worked in SRCSA library, two values that guided me have been creating a welcoming space and promoting a reading culture. I talk about those values as part of a video introducing myself to classmates in LIS 5622, “Library Administration and Leadership” (which I am taking in Fall 2026 via the University of Central Missouri). Watch for a surprise guest appearance by a certain feline!
https://youtu.be/JjVngz0mk9A

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Library slideshow, August 2026

Whenever I go to my downtown public library, a slide-deck of rotating announcements is displayed on a screen as I enter the building. Here is something similar, which I created to display announcements for SRCSA library in August 2026. I used Canva to create the slideshow and while I play it without sound in the library, the version that I’ve posted to YouTube is set to “Ambient Summer” by Mykhailo Kripak (music from the Canva library). The creator has given permission for this music to be used on YouTube.

‘Dark’s Tale’ by Deborah Grabien

Whenever I visit San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park and see signs warning of coyotes, my thoughts turn to Dark’s Tale by Deborah Grabien, which I re-read every few years. I want to share it as a commemoration for Black Cat Appreciation Day, which is observed each year on Aug. 17.