Okay, so it turned out that my three part new sign series has a fourth part. What can I say? I rebel against…uh, numbers? Along with our directional and informational signs from 2015, I realized that our “rules” signs also needed a refresh. BEFORE: AFTER: In the After picture, the library images behind the children…
Before last year’s Kitty Café I had an idea. You see, it tends to get pretty hot in our small meeting room during this event, even if we pump up the A/C beforehand. So it’d be nice to have fans to give to people. And, in the way my mind works, I came up with…
If you happen to like this sort of run-down on themes, then you might want to check out my 2017 and 2018 posts. I mention Natasia throughout this post quite a few times. In case you’re unaware of who she is, she was my right-hand creative rock star who did the vast majority of the…
Besides recently giving our library’s community space a much needed update, I’ve also been trying to make our office a bit nicer. I share this office with Jennifer, our Children’s Librarian, and it’s pretty much the hub for the rest of our team. The doorway leading out to the circulation desk has had its share…
This post is meant to be an overview, and not a blow-by-blow breakdown of how we did it. If you have any questions whatsoever about anything you see here, there, or anywhere on my blog, then don’t hesitate to ask me! Either on social media, or at hafuboti@gmail.com. I must give credit to my right-hand assistant and…
This is the third, and final, sign revamp post. Here is part one and part two in case you missed them. As I went to look for my post on what I call “book end cozies,” I realized that my first post about them was buried in a holiday post. Oops. And at the beginning…
Crystal, a librarian in Montana, reached out to see if I would make a Facebook Cover of the My Masks Protect My Community design. Of course I could totally do that, and I did, and now I’m sharing several versions of it for y’all to use. Yay!
This Fulani #LAFE translation comes from Robyn Stout, a Teacher Librarian in Indiana. Thank you so much, Robyn!!!
MSc. Jelena Petrovaska, library advisor at NI University Library “St. Kliment Ohridski” in Bitola, North Macedonia provided me with the Macedonian translation of #LAFE. Thank you, Jelena, for sharing your beautiful language!
This translation comes from Stephanie Yancey, the Library Media Specialist at Myrtle Beach High School in South Carolina. In her email to me she said that “We were named the most diverse school in the state a few years ago, and I’m constantly struggling to find materials for my diverse group of students. We have…
It is hard for me to fully express what the Libraries Are For Everyone campaign has meant to me. Hitting 100 languages this week has really made me pause and reflect on this experience. When I’ve been asked to talk about it, I find that I can’t because it is so deeply moving to me,…
Punjabi is the 100th language into which Libraries Are For Everyone has been translated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I must give a HUGE thank you to everyone who made the effort to supply me with translations. I truly couldn’t have done this without you. I have a special post coming up to help commemorate this because you’re not here…
Back in September of last year, I was sent three translations from Jennifer, an elementary school librarian in Washington. Two parents of students, and one student had provided new translations of #LAFE for me. This Yapese translation was provided by Jacklyn Famaw. Thank you, both Jennifer and Jacklyn, for both the translation and your patience…
This is the second part of my series of signage in the library. I only feel slightly sorry if you just punched your monitor because I used the word “signage.” The English language, despite decades of trying to pin it down, remains awesomely fluid. Anywho. (heh) In the first part of this series I discussed…
While our library spaces are closed to the public, we have been busy completing tasks that have long been on our to-do lists. For me, one of those things has been updating our signs throughout the Children’s Library. After unintentionally letting some things stagnate between 5-8 years, it seems painfully obvious that I need to…
