LLRC Saying Goodbye to Diana Moore Reference Librarian January 2012

Diana has been instrumental from the beginning of our BAS program in 2009, helping with orientations, instructional classes and individual help for BAS students.  Recently Diana has been working with the Circulation Department to revamp our iPads with a variety of educational apps. The new modifications will help promote using iPads for research and class assignments.

We will miss you Diana and hope you enjoy your next adventure with your family in the North East.

Diana Moore's Bio:

Diana is the Bachelor’s degree librarian at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, Florida, obtained her MSLIS from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. She is also the distance learning liaison to the library and an advocate for emerging technologies in libraries and higher education. She is currently working on her doctorate degree in computer and information science at Nova Southeastern University, specializing in computing technology in education. Her research interests include media tablets in education and mobile learning (m-learning). She has contributed to American Libraries, Computers in Libraries, and Portal. She maintains a blog focusing on technology and libraries and higher education. Her blog can be found at http://www.gurulibrarian.com/.

Farewell to Christina Jan.13th, 2012



Christina Plante and Professor Lori Crane

A farewell letter from Reference Librarian, Pat Alvarez, Christina's supervisor
Christina will be greatly missed. She worked like a beaver when she approached a new task. I remembered when she first started working, an older patron came to tell us that he could not believe how hard Christina worked just by observing her.

When she first came to us 5 years ago, she was just a kid out of high school. I saw a progression of maturity as the years went by. At that time, she wasn’t sure if she wanted to go back to school since she had to quit during her first semester for money reasons. It didn’t take but a little encouragement to get her to pursue her dreams of an education. Her love of learning was something to be admired. She didn’t just go to school for a diploma, she went to school mostly to learn something new. If she took a class that she felt she was not learning; she was not happy. It took her a few years to decide what she really wanted to study, since she seemed to like everything. She went from wanting to study history, to creative writing and finally she found her niche in Communications. She decided she wanted to be a Speech professor just like her mentor professor, Lori Crane. She even considered Librarianship as a “maybe” in her future.





Sorting Magazines

 

She thrived when she had many things going on.  I would be amazed and scared for her when I learned about her PTK projects, her honor’s projects, the many charities that she offered her time to, the writing for the school newspaper, her school projects, her family responsibilities and  working full-time.  But the times she didn’t have a crazy schedule, she had to look for something extra to do.  I was always reprimanding her for overextending herself, thus not getting enough sleep.  This caused her to be late for work…. But those days that she was late she usually made them up by staying after hours of her own accord.

I never saw Christina get mad at any of the people she helped.  No matter how little sleep she got the night before, which was frequently, she still helped the students with a smile on her face.  Even when students made her angry she kept helping them and afterwards would come to my office door where she then would vent to me about them… but never said anything to their face.



One thing that Christina definitely did not like is when people called her by a different name.  Some would call her Christine or a variation of that name.  She didn’t have a problem correcting them time and time again.  She would come and tell me that she could not understand why people could not remember that her name was CHRISTINA.  Then I started making the mistake of spelling her name in Spanish (Cristina) when I wrote her e-mails.  She would not hesitate to correct me even after explaining that I was used to writing it that way.

 

Party Time and Great Food
Christina and Pat



She loved to learn new things.  Her position was of a Library Assistant, but she when Pat Horlick left before Loretta was hired, a while passed and I didn’t have anyone else to help me with the Periodicals duties.  So she assumed some of the responsibilities of Pat’s position because she was able to do them so well and willingly. There was not a thing that I asked her to do that she didn’t tackle without complaining.  In fact, she would always ask me to teach her more.  One of the reasons I took her under my wings was because I saw myself in her when I was her age.

 

Dessert time!



I feel she brought to work her youthful dreams and optimism; a breath of fresh air that is wonderful to have around especially for those of us that are way passed that stage in our lives……We’ll miss you Christina and we are all rooting for you to achieve all your dreams.

Some of the faculty and staff at the Farewell Party





Aloha Aug. 16th, 2012 Professional Development Day





Slide Show for Christina

  


Good Luck at USF Christina! We are very proud of you:]
We will miss you!

 

Read Together Palm Beach County-One Book, One Community

Read Together Palm Beach County

One Book, One Community

Cast your vote for the 2012 book by Feb. 24th!
LLRC Floor 2 and Floor 3 ballot box
or online http://readtogether.palmbeachpost.com/

READ TOGETHER
PALM BEACH COUNTY 2012

PURPOSE: To involve 10,000 - 20,000 adults throughout Palm Beach County in reading the same book at the same time. This community reading campaign will entice adults who can read, but often don't, to get involved in the habit of reading again. It will also promote community dialogue and engagement as citizens gather together to discuss key themes.



HISTORY: Based on the success of similar campaigns in Seattle and Chicago, the Campaign Coordinating Committee has conducted Read Together Palm Beach County in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. In each campaign, thousands of adults read and discussed with great enthusiasm the chosen community book: Fahrenheit 451, Their Eyes Were Watching God, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Memory Keeper's Daughter and The Book Thief.

RECOGNITION: Former Gov. Jeb Bush wrote to every city in Florida and encouraged them to form "One Book, One Community" reading campaigns based on the Palm Beach County model. Read Together Palm Beach County produced a handbook on how to conduct a similar reading campaign and Former Governor Bush urged municipalities to use this book to guide them in their campaigns.

All Image credits: http://readtogether.palmbeachpost.com/

PARTICIPANTS: Businesses, libraries, chambers of commerce, municipalities, local book clubs, neighborhood associations and many other groups.

March 12-Press Conference to announce "The Book" at City Hall in West Palm Beach

March 30-Official kick-off at the Love of Literacy Luncheon at the Kravis Center

April-Book discussion groups all over the county

May 7-Finale Event

For more information call the Literacy Coalition

800-273-1030



Happy New Year 2012

Library Hours

Tuesday and Wednesday Jan. 3rd and 4th, 8 am-5 pm

Thursday Jan. 5th, 7:30 am-9 pm

Friday Jan. 6th, 7:30 am-7 pm

Saturday Jan. 7th, 10 am-3 pm

Next week regular library hours

If you have any questions call us at 561-868-3710