“Ms. Hailley, Ms. Hailley!” Summer at UNCC

July 7, 2015 Hailley Fargo

I walked into the center last week to be greeted by this now 8th grader:

“Hey stranger.”

His greeting contained a hint of sarcasm with a hint of truth. I hadn’t been back to the Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center (UNCC) for a string of days since May. I had visited the center twice before the current visit but his greeting stung a little. I missed the center (and the kids) like crazy but have two other summer campus jobs right now. Sometimes I have a hard time keeping everything straight.

So then why am I willingly at the center, ready to teach a series of weekly classes on Monday afternoons until the end of July?

Tweets from ALA

July 1, 2015 Hailley Fargo

So while I can't be at ALA, meeting librarians, and talking about library science, I can follow them on Twitter. Here's a snapshot at some of my favorite tweets I've found. This is just a slice, I know there are many more good tweets floating on the Twittersphere!

"We can always use more leadership, especially about things we are passionate about." - @winelibrarian #NMRT #ALAAC15
— Kristen Koob (@booknetsirk) June 26, 2015

Great motherly advice given to Yuyi Morales: "I know everything, and what I don't know I make it up." #alaac15
— Arika Dickens (@LibrarianArika) June 26, 2015

I think my new term for librarians is catching on. INFORMATION MIXOLOGIST. Got a "ooooh" from #alaunconference #alaac15
— Megan Egbert (@MeganEgbert) June 26, 2015

ZineCore- metadata standard for zines based on Dublin Core (in development- need systems experts) #alaac15
— Tim Kaneshiro (@TimKaneshiro) June 28, 2015

Uploaded #alaac15 PPT for quick access "But we're neutral!" #critlib; storify coming hopefully soon! http://t.co/ctBx829MWE
— Nicole Pagowsky (@pumpedlibrarian) June 30, 2015

Missed #alaac15? Here are the Cognotes: http://t.co/7GTaAqrpn3
— Laurinda Thomas (@laurindathomas) June 30, 2015

I got featured on ALA Direct!

June 26, 2015 Hailley Fargo

ALA Direct picked up one of my YALSA blog posts! Just wanted to share it with the world...

Hyperlink Roundup -- May 2nd

May 2, 2015 Hailley Fargo

Sorry it took so long to get this week's hyperlink roundup out. In the midst of everything, it seemed I didn't have any many links as I usually do. But now, since I'm working on an annotated bibliography for one of my classes, I got rolling on links to share.

Tweeting in Library Land

April 11, 2015 Hailley Fargo

So I love Twitter. A lot. And this week I've had the opportunity to use it. In my (humble) opinion, my Twitter game has been ON POINT. All this tweeting has reminded me why I love Twitter and the ways in which you can use it to do all sorts of things. See how my dreams of having an excuse to go all out on Twitter this week turned out...