This page is intended to highlight outreach materials created in professional library contexts as well as relevant LIS coursework.
Public Library Programming and Outreach
Pride 2022
In 2022, I ran the Hastings Public Library's booth for the town's first-ever Friday Night Pride event. I disseminated booklists for three different age groups, provided pre-packaged materials for making Pride flag pins, and advertised relevant upcoming programs.
In 2021, as a member of the Greenburgh LGBTQ+ Subcommittee of the Greenburgh Human Rights Advisory Committee, I served as the key point person between Warner Library and Greenburgh Pride. My work for this event included creating a 15-page booklist and bookmarks highlighting LGBTQ+ books from the library’s collection (featuring Spanish language texts) for all ages, running the library’s booth at the outdoor event, and creating an inclusive library display inside the library for Pride.
In 2021, as a member of the Greenburgh LGBTQ+ Subcommittee of the Greenburgh Human Rights Advisory Committee, I served as the key point person between Warner Library and Greenburgh Pride. My work for this event included creating a 15-page booklist and bookmarks highlighting LGBTQ+ books from the library’s collection (featuring Spanish language texts) for all ages, running the library’s booth at the outdoor event, and creating an inclusive library display inside the library for Pride.
Juneteenth 2022 and 2021
This passive programming event featured hibiscus tea and hibiscus tea punch purchased from the Westchester-based Black-owned tea shop, “The Tea Experience.” Attendees enjoyed beverages and picked up brochures for teens and zines for kids featuring information about celebrating Juneteenth and using library collections (both in-person and online) to learn about American history relating to slavery/Juneteenth and issues of race.
(In 2022, this program was held at Hastings Public Library. In 2021, a similar program was held at Dobbs Ferry Public Library.)
(In 2022, this program was held at Hastings Public Library. In 2021, a similar program was held at Dobbs Ferry Public Library.)
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Library Signup Day 2021
To celebrate Library Card Signup Month and meet members of the community, I spent the better part of a Sunday riding around Dobbs Ferry on a scooter signing up residents for library cards and giving out promotional materials.
I signed 14 people up for library cards, and provided information on upcoming programs to at least a dozen more.
Flyers and Resource Sheets
Education/Outreach
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This hypothetical proposal is for a complete educational experience corresponding to the 2019 Interference Archive Exhibit “Everybody’s Got A Right To Live: The Poor People’s Campaign 1968 & Today.” This proposal includes an outreach strategy with materials, a pre-visit activity to prepare students for the exhibit, a full lesson plan designed for teachers (includes background information/examples of material covered within the exhibit), an activity workbook for students, and an evaluation for teachers to reflect on the students’ experience and provide feedback. This served as the final project assignment for the Museum/Library Education and Outreach (INFO675) class at Pratt Institute's School of Information. |
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This website was created to provide screen-free activity resources for middle schoolers, and to celebrate the projects they've undertaken on their own during the COVID-19 global health pandemic. |
LibGuides
This Libguide was created as part of a final group project of 20/SP-INFO-619-01 (Information & Human Rights). The stated purpose of this class was to examine the relationship between information and human rights through themes of access, equity, surveillance, technology, privacy, democracy.
We were halfway through the class when COVID-19 changed everyone's lives.
I created this libguide intending to address those themes in a practical way.
We were halfway through the class when COVID-19 changed everyone's lives.
I created this libguide intending to address those themes in a practical way.
Libguide for the Center for Teaching and Learning at Pratt Institute
Working with the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Digital Learning Librarian at Pratt Institute, I created a guide to the resources available for faculty
members at Pratt Institute.
This project required me to use CSS and the LibApps platform. Through working on this project, I learned about principles relating to copyright law and accessible web design.
Working with the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Digital Learning Librarian at Pratt Institute, I created a guide to the resources available for faculty
members at Pratt Institute.
This project required me to use CSS and the LibApps platform. Through working on this project, I learned about principles relating to copyright law and accessible web design.
Libguide for Researching Genealogy & Local History in the Bronx's "Little Italy"
I created this guide guide for novice local history researchers who are interested in learning more about Italian immigration to the Bronx, particularly the Belmont/Fordham/Morris Park area. It encourages both online and on-site research.
This served as a research guide assignment for the
Local History and Genealogy (INFO697-06) class at Pratt Institute's School of Information.
I created this guide guide for novice local history researchers who are interested in learning more about Italian immigration to the Bronx, particularly the Belmont/Fordham/Morris Park area. It encourages both online and on-site research.
This served as a research guide assignment for the
Local History and Genealogy (INFO697-06) class at Pratt Institute's School of Information.
Posters
"Turn Up The Volume: Young People, Podcasts, and the Library"
Young people are both listeners and creators of podcasts. How can library services help support them through collections, programming, and teaching digital literacies?
Young people are both listeners and creators of podcasts. How can library services help support them through collections, programming, and teaching digital literacies?
Critical Librarianship
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This website functions as the final project (and a record of my internship experience) for FA-INFO-698-01, the Practicum elective offered at the Pratt Institute School of Information during the Fall 2019 semester. My internship was conducted at Brooklyn Historical Society at the 128 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, location over the course of 14 shifts. |
Displays - Middle School Library
Displays - Academic Library
As a public services graduate assistant at an academic library, I have curated a number of themed book displays intended to showcase databases and e-resources as well as books in the collection. In creating these displays I worked to highlight the diversity of the collection, visually engage patrons, and reflect the identities, interests, and research needs of the student body.
