Special Library: Houghton Library on Harvard University’s Campus For the purpose of the Special/Archival Library Visit, I’ve chosen the Houghton Library. I’ve never been, I don’t believe that I’ve been to a special or archival library before? If I have I definitely didn’t realize that I was visiting one. I’d love to visit a theatre-specific…
Library Visit 3
Academic Library: Radford University Library For the academic library visit, I’ve chosen the McConnell Library which is the campus library for Radford University, my undergraduate alma mater! I did not spend a ton of time in the library throughout school outside of a few late nights working on papers for a couple of classes. Being…
Library Visit 2
School Library: William Fleming High School Library Media Center For my school library visit, I decided to visit the library media center for a high school here in Roanoke City, William Fleming High School. I spent a short time working in this library as a library assistant during the 2020-2021 school year. Digital Access https://fleming.rcps.info/teacher_pages/library…
Library Visit 1
Public Library: Roanoke City Public Library Rubin & Rubin note that some public libraries like to have mission statements that “include the desire to advance knowledge, strengthen communities, enrich lives, or serve diverse segments within communities” (Rubin and Rubin, 2021, p. 81) and this is true to the Roanoke City Public Libraries mission statement to…