I need some new glasses, so I decided to try out Warby Parker’s home try-on program. Haven’t heard of it? Well, it’s this really awesome thing where you pick out 5 pairs of glasses from their website, and then they send them to you for free and you get to test them out at home 🙂 […]
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The day I went to a makeup store
This weekend, I did something I’ve never done: I walked into Ulta and asked questions. Now, I’ve always had a kind of fondness for makeup – I even get Ipsy monthly, but I can never really get myself into a routine, and to be honest, whenever I wear it I feel like I’m pretending to be […]
High Five for Friday
Holy cow it’s FRIDAY, and this week has been equal parts absolutely awesome and absolutely insane. The Fall semester is in full swing, and sometimes I find it hard to think of my top 5 really great things of any given week, but I’m going to do my best. I know I haven’t posted a […]
Why librarians make great mentors
I was asked last May if I would be interested in being a mentor for an incoming freshman at my institution, and I quickly said yes yes yes. In fact, last academic year, I was supposed to, but things fell through. So, I jumped on the opportunity this time and got in contact with my protege […]
Fall semester is here again!
Holy crap – is it really the first day of the semester? This summer has flown by, and I’m still sitting here in the dust. Luckily, having 6 weeks off for maternity allowed me some time outside of the workplace, but now that I’m back full-force, it’s still taking my body (and brain) a bit […]
From the Desk: Handout for Academic Departments
Wow, it’s Wednesday already and students are unloading their trucks and moving in as I write this. As you can imagine, we are very busy getting everything together for those students, but on this edition of From the Desk, I want to share a handout I made for writing instructors on what the library can do […]
Backyard chickens: How to know they’re right for you
If you’re anything like me, you have a pretty healthy obsession and you’ve already done a ton of research deciding whether you should take the plunge on backyard chicken-ing. I mean, I’m a librarian, so I’m excepted to do research and this weekend, I got to participate in some fieldwork of sorts by chicken-sitting for […]
High Five for Friday
Hey oh – it’s Friday! It’s also the last Friday before all the students arrive back to campus, and right now it’s so quiet. I’m going to kind of miss the peace I’ve had this summer – well, if you count 6 weeks of it on maternity leave 😉 Anyway, since the semester is starting up soon, […]
How to keep your succulents alive
I live in a semi-arid climate in the Texas Panhandle. I rather enjoy the landscape, I want to emulate the beauty of the outdoors, indoors, and I’ve found that succulents help do just that. They just look so great in the kitchen or office, though I’m biased because that’s exactly where I keep mine 😉 For […]
From the Desk: Library Basics handout
On this edition of From the Desk, I want to share a Library Basics handout that I’ve created using Adobe Illustrator. A lot of my job, aside from teaching information literacy sessions, involves designing handouts, signage, and other promotional materials for library events and services. I consider myself a self-taught designer, garnering lots of advice […]
Amy Pajewski 