PROJECTS
Kansas Libraries
As of volume one, issue five, I became the co-editor of the Kansas Libraries magazine, the official publication of the Kansas Library Association. At times it has been a challenge to solicit submissions, but it has also been a wonderful way to keep up with what's going on in Kansas libraries, and to serve my fellow librarians. The publication is digital, and is sent bi-monthly via the Kansas libraries listserv, as well as back issues posted on the Kansas Library Association website. You can view issues I co-edited here:
https://kslibassoc.org/Kansas_Libraries_Magazine
As of volume one, issue five, I became the co-editor of the Kansas Libraries magazine, the official publication of the Kansas Library Association. At times it has been a challenge to solicit submissions, but it has also been a wonderful way to keep up with what's going on in Kansas libraries, and to serve my fellow librarians. The publication is digital, and is sent bi-monthly via the Kansas libraries listserv, as well as back issues posted on the Kansas Library Association website. You can view issues I co-edited here:
https://kslibassoc.org/Kansas_Libraries_Magazine
Legends of the Library Ninjas
Beginning in 2011, I began to look at re-vamping library instruction for the incoming freshman class at Kansas Wesleyan University. Heidi Blackburn, undergraduate services librarian at Kansas State University Salina, was also looking to update library instruction for incoming freshman at her campus. We both share an interest in graphic novels created by and for libraries, and we decided to collaborate to create a graphic novel for our libraries and students. We applied for a grant, hired a graphic novel artist, and in 2012 produced Legends of the Library Ninjas: A Quest for Knowledge. We used it in our classes, and tracked its usage and efficacy in instruction through quizzes. An online version of the graphic novel is available here.
Beginning in 2011, I began to look at re-vamping library instruction for the incoming freshman class at Kansas Wesleyan University. Heidi Blackburn, undergraduate services librarian at Kansas State University Salina, was also looking to update library instruction for incoming freshman at her campus. We both share an interest in graphic novels created by and for libraries, and we decided to collaborate to create a graphic novel for our libraries and students. We applied for a grant, hired a graphic novel artist, and in 2012 produced Legends of the Library Ninjas: A Quest for Knowledge. We used it in our classes, and tracked its usage and efficacy in instruction through quizzes. An online version of the graphic novel is available here.
Online Teen Summer Library Program Project
In the summer of 2009, I helped on a volunteer basis to develop and facilitate an online teen summer library program. The challenge was to develop a program for two separate libraries, using very little money. While the program is still considered experimental, you can explore the 2009 program here
In the summer of 2009, I helped on a volunteer basis to develop and facilitate an online teen summer library program. The challenge was to develop a program for two separate libraries, using very little money. While the program is still considered experimental, you can explore the 2009 program here
Historical Diary Project
As part of a project to fulfill assignments in two classes during the spring 2008 semester, I worked with my paternal grandfather's diary from 1946 while he was stationed in occupied Japan. As you can see from the diary exerpt, this involved transcribing the handwritten diary into a word processor and digitizing the photographs that accompany the diary. Further, I have started to index the diary. Once the transcription, digitization of accompanying visual materials, and indexing was finished, I used an online self-publishing service to make a book that was distributed to family and friends.
As part of a project to fulfill assignments in two classes during the spring 2008 semester, I worked with my paternal grandfather's diary from 1946 while he was stationed in occupied Japan. As you can see from the diary exerpt, this involved transcribing the handwritten diary into a word processor and digitizing the photographs that accompany the diary. Further, I have started to index the diary. Once the transcription, digitization of accompanying visual materials, and indexing was finished, I used an online self-publishing service to make a book that was distributed to family and friends.