LIB100: An Online Experience

In the beginning of the semester, I was nervous to take my first online college level course, Library Science…

Online Class: Access Information in the 21st Century

I took an online class at Wake Forest University, in which I found the experience very different. So I would like to share it here.

My Unforeseen, Eye Opening Experience

Call me crazy but I may be the only millennial that doesn’t find the appeal in all this new technology being developed. I am probably the only college-aged kid out there without an Instagram and I can’t tell you how many times I have been given a hard time about…

Online — Accessing Information in the 21st century

I’m sure many of us consider ourselves to be well acquainted with technology. But I’d argue that sometimes technology and online resources grow so rapidly that we forget to delve into deeper understanding of the processes behind the tools…

Classroom Potential

Something that nobody in America can seem to agree on lately are taxes. “How high should they be?”, “Should the government even be taxing people on the borderline of poverty?” “What a waste of tax dollars!!”, “Really, the richest people in America only have to pay 39.6% in taxes?” and on and…

Winston Salem Library’s 2025 Grand Opening

As Winston Salem Library’s head librarian, I’m honored to announce the grand opening of the city’s new library! The city’s renovation process has taken a little under two years to complete and a lot of thought has gone into making the new library better…

Print Isn’t Dead…Yet

This week as we have focused on the rising presence of eBooks as viable academic resources, it has been impossible to avoid the controversy and speculation about where the future of our access to information is going.

LIB-100 Main Takeaways

Throughout the semester we have explored and utilized different approaches towards academic research, unpacking the plethora of resources we have access to here at Wake Forest.

After wrapping up my final project, I thought back to each week of the semester and…

The Hidden Value of the Library

It’s no secret that times are changing. Children hear their parents complain about how “back in the day, we used to trek five miles in the snow to get to school every morning” and the kids think, why didn’t they just request an Uber? We are developing into a digital age…

Reflecting on Library 100

What was the take-away?

When I registered for the online course Library 100 mid-semester, I was not really sure what to expect. Perhaps at the beginning I was just trying to take a more straightforward course that was not overworking and interesting. And…