UCM, LIS 5250 : Get to know me

I am beginning a new semester in Library and Information Science through the online program at University of Central Missouri. I produced this slideshow-video with the VoiceThread platform, to introduce myself for LIS 5250, Developing and Managing Library Collections. Audio for the YouTube version was recorded with Screencastify. I also used the Screencastify editing tool to tighten transitions between slides. The thumbnail image I chose for this video depicts me with some of my plants. (In my personal life, one of the things I care about is growing plants, mostly succulents, in containers.)

‘Who am I?’ (Library Juice Academy, ‘Cultural Competence for Librarians’)

I wanted to produce at least one video for the class I am taking through Library Juice Academy, “Cultural Competence for Librarians.” So I decided to make a video that addresses the question that was posed to us this week, “Who am I?”

LIS 5100 : Avoiding student plagiarism

In an assignment for LIS 5100 this week, I was asked to discuss how I’d handle a student plagiarism case. As UCM’s policy on Academic Honesty (2017) points out, “[A]cademic honesty is one of the most important qualities influencing the character and image of an educational institution.”

Child development class at Santa Rosa Junior College

The Association for Library Service to Children identifies a Commitment to Client Group among its Librarian “Core Competencies.” To better serve my young customers, I’ve enrolled for this Spring in a child development course at Santa Rosa Junior College.

‘Cataloging Correctly for Kids’

Highlighted among books and resources on my professional shelf: Cataloging Correctly for Kids, An Introduction to the Tools by Sheila S. Intner, Joanna F. Fountain, and Jean Weihs (American Library Association, 2011).

I took a course in cataloging as part of my pursuit of a library degree, and, while it offered a good foundation for my eventual work in a library, I felt that there was more to learn — particularly in the realm of working with records in an online catalog. Add in, too, my wish to learn those practices that are especially helpful to children, and it was clear to me that reading this book was essential to my professional development.

‘LearningExpress’ through Sonoma County Library

I wasn’t able to vote “Yes” for Measure Y in support of increased funding for Sonoma County Library; at the time I had not yet relocated back from Ashland, Oregon. But I encouraged area readers to cast their votes in support.
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Leyendo libros para niños, en español

Libros para niños, en español

(En español / In Spanish)
Estoy leyendo libros para niños, en español. Son: El fútbol es nuestro juego por Leila Boyle Gemme (Una traducción de Lada Josefa Kratky de Soccer is Our Game), ¿Eres Tu Mi Madre? / Are You My Mother? por P.D. Eastman (traducido del inglés por Carlos Rivera) y El año de Gato Galano por Donald Charles (versión en español de Calico Cat’s Year, traducido por Alma Flor Ada). Leí estos libros para aprender español. Están disponibles en mi biblioteca de escuela.

(In English / En inglés)
I am reading books for children, in Spanish. They are: El fútbol es nuestro juego by Leila Boyle Gemme (a translation by Lada Josefa Kratky of Soccer is Our Game), ¿Eres Tu Mi Madre? / Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman (translation from English by Carlos Rivera), and El año de Gato Galano by Donald Charles (a version in Spanish of Calico Cat’s Year, translated by Alma Flor Ada). I read these books to learn Spanish. They are available at my school library.

Estudiando español para trabajo en biblioteca

(En español / In Spanish)
Estoy estudiando español con Pimsleur y Duolingo. Entiendo y hablo un poco, y estoy investigando expresiones en español para trabajar en una biblioteca. Número de clasificación en el sistema Dewey: 463. En medios sociales: #EnEspanol

(In English / En inglés)
I am studying Spanish with Pimsleur and Duolingo. I understand and speak a little, and am investigating expressions in Spanish for working in a library. Classification number in Dewey system: 463. On social media: #EnEspanol

Inbound Certification from Hubspot Academy

My attraction to the strategies of inbound and content marketing — of nurturing potential customers by creating interesting content instead of forcibly intruding on their time — led me to pursue Inbound Certification from HubSpot Academy.

Grateful for libraries, today and every day

Library cards from nearly everywhere I have lived or worked

I have my advocate’s hat on today, to talk about my gratitude to libraries (continuing with a seasonal focus on things I am thankful for).

Town Square Academia, life and learning outside campus walls

I’m continually intrigued by the decoupling of education from the university setting. This latest example, Town Square Academia in the Upper Galilee Region in Israel, offers free courses with direct relevance to “life outside the campus walls.”

Library ‘makerspaces’ inspire manufacturing

With their investment in machines like 3-D printers, public libraries are becoming “one-stop shop[s] for manufacturing in the digital age." That’s according to Justin Lynch writing for the Pacific Standard.

June Ingraham for National Library Workers Day

During my time growing up and entering young adulthood, one steady constant in my life was the Calistoga public library. June Ingraham was the Calistoga librarian, and I honor her today for National Library Workers Day.

Library services to children: Certificate of specialization

Certificate of Specialization in Library Services to Children
from Cynthia M. Parkhill

My certificate of specialization in library services to children arrived from Cuesta College this week. With my Associate’s degree in Library and Information Technology, it represents an official completion to my library coursework.

School librarians viewed as ‘extraneous’

My assignment this week for LIBT 210, School Library/Media Center Services, was to respond to the question, “Why are libraries experiencing a budget crisis?”

Children’s literature: Early influences

In an online forum for my Early Childhood Education class, students are asked to think back concerning their earliest experiences with books. “Do you remember a parent, grandparent, or teacher reading to you? As you learned to read, were you encouraged to read, and what sorts of books did you like and/or dislike and why? Was reading modeled at home by other family members?”

‘The World’s Strongest Librarian’ by Josh Hanagarne

My inclination to enjoy reading The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne began with the table of contents. Each chapter’s list of subject headings includes their classifications in the Dewey Decimal System.

Hanagarne is a librarian in Salt Lake City, Utah. He’s also a weightlifter who embarked on his regime in an effort to manage Tourette Syndrome.

Hanagarne writes with an engaging, personable style and with an unabashed love for books and libraries. He shares with candor his experience with Tourette’s, his struggles related to continuing his faith within the LDS Church and his efforts with wife Janette to start a family.

‘Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life’ by Karen Armstrong

In Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, Karen Armstrong relates how she asked the nonprofit group Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) to help her create a Charter for Compassion that would be written by leading thinkers from a variety of faiths.

“Thousands of people from all over the world contributed to a draft charter on a multilingual website in Hebrew, Arabic, Urdu, Spanish, and English; their comments were presented to the Council of Conscience, a group of notable individuals from six faith traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism) who met in Switzerland in February 2009 to compose the final version.”

‘The Sensory Child Gets Organized’

In The Sensory Child Gets Organized (Touchstone, 2013), author Carolyn Dalgliesh teaches parents/caregivers to design organizational systems that tap into the “innate strengths and learning styles” of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, sensory processing disorder, bipolar disorder and autism.

Dalgliesh emphasizes three main questions: 1. How can I break this down into a more manageable task? 2. How can I eliminate some of the (external and/or internal) stimuli that may be distracting? and 3. What visual aid can I create to support the task at hand?

Personal development: Recommended books

The Personal Growth and Business Development Book Club that Jonathan and I are involved in, will meet in early July to decide what book the group ought to read next. With one exception, all of the selections on my recommendation list are available through our Jackson County libraries. I’ve listed them in the order they are shelved according to the Dewey classification system and have also noted their availability through Overdrive/Library2Go.