autobiography

autobiography

Meet Our Student Workers

Meet Our Student Workers

, Matt Dilworth, Student Workers
Amy Major: Criminal Justice Class: Senior  Amy has worked for the library for a year, and has been an integral part of our circulation staff.  In last week’s blog, you saw her commitment to literacy in assisting with the Indiana Campus Compact, distributing free books to children.  In her time here, she has dabbled in many tasks you might not usually associate with a library.  Just this week, for instance, her talents in organizing and designing puzzles contributed to making the Amazing Race: Library Edition a great success!   Maryann Major: Social Work Class: Junior  Maryann joined us this summer, but she is no stranger to libraries – she worked in her high school library, as well.  This week, we’ve … Continued
Billie Girl

Billie Girl

, , Friends of the Library, Matt Dilworth, Programs, Uncategorized
A few days ago we were privileged to hear Vickie Weaver speak and read from her book Billie Girl, which won the 2009 Leapfrog Fiction Contest.  Weaver spoke on her journey towards becoming an author, and the challenges of that work. One thing Ms. Weaver has found is that her writing has naturally gravitated to giving voice to the voiceless and underrepresented in society.   This awakening began for her in college, as she discovered women’s studies classes, and now flows naturally from her novels. Ms. Weaver is an alumna of IU East, and received her M.F.A. in creative writing from Spalding University.  While she is first and foremost a writer, Weaver also teaches composition and creative writing part-time at IU … Continued
Meet Sara Wilhoite

Meet Sara Wilhoite

, Interns, Sara Wilhoite
Hi, my name is Sara Wilhoite, and I will be working as an intern this summer at the IU East Campus Library. I will be helping with the First Year Orientation, First Year Seminar, library instruction, as well as other projects. Please stop by the library anytime, if you have any questions or just want to say “hello.” Also, do not hesitate to email me at skwilhoi@iupui.edu. I look forward to meeting many new people! I grew up in Connersville, Indiana, and then I went to the University of Evansville located in Evansville, Indiana, which is where I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature with a minor in political science. I also played tennis while at the … Continued
Have You Seen This Man?

Have You Seen This Man?

, Interns, Joe Augustin
If you do, please stop and say, “hi.” My name is Joe Augustin and I’ll be working as an intern in IU East’s Campus Library this summer. While I’m here, I’ll be learning a lot about LibGuides; so if you have any questions about those, or what it is that I’ll be doing to them, please feel free to send an email to jcaugust@iupui.edu. I’m currently living in Richmond and working in Earlham’s library, while finishing my Library Science degree at IUPUI, in Indianapolis. I am now happily married to Susan Reynolds, of Fountain City, Indiana. We have two little dogs, named Ruby and Beatrice. I was born in Richmond, Indiana on March 19, 1983. After living a few years … Continued
Library Work – Notes from the Inside

Library Work – Notes from the Inside

, Hamid Zakaeifar, Student Workers
Hello, I’m Hamid, a work study student at the library. There are a few misconceptions about library workers, and I’d like to tell you about what I do. Most of the time when I say that I work at a library, there is an assumption that I shush students and get to read all day.  This is not the case. There is always something that needs to be done in a library; the top priority is to keep the books on the shelves. There are lots of books checked out, left lying out, or even mailed by patrons every day, and those books eventually make it back to us. If you look around the library, there’s much more than books; … Continued