2024 NEWS

CHAPTER PROPOSAL ACCEPTED

My chapter proposal, “Nightbrary: Fusing art, games, and music into a weekly student engagement experience inside the college library,” has been selected for inclusion in the upcoming book, Academic Libraries and the First Year Experience.

About the Book:

Academic Libraries and the First Year Experience aims to share how academic libraries can help positively impact the first-year experience of students. This edited book will highlight and showcase the work librarians are doing in the realm of outreach and programming within the first-year experience, focusing on collaborations and student success.

Edited By: 

Jillian Eslami, Texas A&M University and Heather Snapp, Florida Gulf Coast University

Publisher: 

Association of College Research Libraries [ ACRL ]

Publication anticipated fall 2026

MAY: The 2024 Nightbrary World Tour continued May 17 in Orlando, Florida, as Librarian Nicole Sotak, Library Director Morgan Tracy, and I presented on Lunchbrary x Nightbrary: New Methods for Student Engagement for 60+ academic & public library colleagues at the Florida Library Association (FLA) Annual Conference. Proud to represent Seminole State College of Florida and share our BRARY.

FEBruary 2024: 

Represented Seminole State at the 43rd Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience in SEATTLE and presented on the SSC College Libraries' student engagement program series -

Lunchbrary X Nightbrary: 

New Methods for Student Engagement

JAN: Travelled to TALLAHASSEE with the Leadership Academy Class XV to tour the FL state’s capitol and supreme court, meet with lawmakers and legislators, and learn more about the legislative process.

FEB: Volunteered for a third consecutive year with the Foundation for Seminole State College of Florida to raise over $600k for student scholarships and programs at Seminole State College at the 40th annual Dream Gala.

APR: Completed Leadership Academy and am proud to be an alumnus of Class 15, along with two dozen college employees, of this yearlong leadership development program. Pictured with SSC President, Dr. Georgia Lorenz.

MAR: Taught LIS2004 Research Strategies for College Students at Seminole State College of Florida in the Spring "B" session in 2024.

SPRING 2024: Produced 138 Spring session student engagement programs at Seminole State College Libraries, including Lunchbrary and Nightbrary.

MAY: Produced 11 weeks of Nightbrary this summer and co-creating events with students in the brand new - Brary Brunch - library club for different 2-hour spectaculars from 5 - 7 p.m. every Wednesday beginning May 15  @ SLM Library.

 AUG: Nightbrary ] 5 - 8 p.m. every Wednesday @ SLM Library.