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Meet Cannell Library's New Director
- Michelle Bagley - |
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 I am very excited to be at the Cannell Library and Clark College. It’s a fantastic place.
I’ve officially been a librarian for four years. I graduated with my Masters in Library Science (MLS) on Memorial Day weekend in 2004. In addition to my MLS, I have an Information
Management Certificate, which means I enjoy working with all kinds of business statistics. My undergraduate degree is in Business Administration with concentration in history
(as a self advising student…).
Between 2004 and April 2008, I was the librarian at the Western Culinary Institute in Portland. It was a great job. I had the opportunity to build the library
from the “ground up” and was the first librarian the college had ever had. Yes, I purchased a lot of cookbooks and that was fun. However, that wasn’t the most exciting part of my work. I really enjoyed working with the
students and the faculty. Whether it was one-on-one in the library or during instruction I discovered I really enjoyed helping people solve problems. That was what drew me to librarianship in the first place. Throughout
my professional careers I felt the most rewarded when I helped someone get to what they needed.
Hobbies and Dreams
In my spare time I love to cook (of course!), garden, needlepoint, and dream about traveling to Italy for an extended vacation. My ultimate trip would be a month in Italy; driving through the Tuscan hill towns, hiking in the Italian Alps, gazing at art in Florence, Verona and Venice, culminating with some lazy days spent lounging on a stone terrace just outside of Sienna.
Books I’d take to a desert island:
Anna Karenina, Gone with the Wind, and Shelby Foote’s Civil War Trilogy. I’d also take Atlas Shrugged - because I have always said I’m going to read it, but have never gotten around to it.
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| Children's Story Time Debuts! |
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Children’s Story Time started on April 30
with one of the pre-school classes from the Clark College Child and Family Studies program. We read Go, Dog,
Go!, Put Me in the Zoo, Christopher Is Not Afraid…Anymore,
and one of our favorites, Olivia, by Ian Falconer.
Joey Merritt-Dennis was the inaugural reader. Maureen Morasch and Zachary Grant will read in the coming weeks. Visits are scheduled for other
pre-school classes on Tuesdays, 10:00-10:30 a.m., in the Cannell Room (Room 101). We hope to have all the pre-school and toddler
classes come join us.
If you have children
in Clark's Daycare or Pre-School program, encourage their teachers to bring their classes.
Contact Maureen Morasch, Cannell Library, mmorasch@clark.edu,
992-2558.
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| Olivia, a 2001 Caldecott Honor Book, written and illustrated by Ian Falconer. |
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Maureen Morasch reads the mesmerizing
Puff-Puff , Chugga-Chugga. |
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May 6th's story time was all about trains! |
| What's a Caldecott Medal? |
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Awarded by the American Library Association since 1937, the Caldecott Medal "is to be given to the artist who had created the most distinguished picture book of the year and named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott."
"The illustration on the Caldecott Medal, which is taken from
Caldecott's illustrations for "The Diverting Story of John Gilpin," is a perfect example of the
humor, vitality, and sense of movement found in Caldecott's work. The illustration shows John Gilpin astride a runaway
horse, accompanied by squawking geese, braying dogs, and startled onlookers." ("The Randolph Caldecott Medal", ALA.)
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| We've recently purchased lots of new children's picture books, including a number of Caldecott Award winners. You'll find them in the Renaissance Kids collection, near the front door. Relive your childhood! |
Children's picture books ...
They're not just for kids anymore!
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| A to Zoo |
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To help you find the perfect children's
picture book ... for yourself, or any precocious child you may know ... try:
A to Zoo: Subject Access
to Children's Picture Books
Carolyn W. Lima and John A. Lima (Libraries Unlimited, 2006)
Ref. Z1037 .L715 2006
For those who want to stay up-to-date, not to worry, the 7th edition supplement is in processing and should be available soon.
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| Sherman Alexie |
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Sherman Alexie, award-winning novelist, poet, screenwriter, composer and performer will be the keynote speaker at Clark’s 2008 commencement ceremony, June 19. A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, he grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, WA and graduated from Washington State University.
If you've yet to discover Sherman Alexie, or would like to catch up on what you've missed, most of his books and films are available at Cannell Library. Here are a few titles to whet your appetite: |
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - 2007 National Book Award Winner
PS3551 .L35774 A78 2007
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
PS3551 .L35774 L66 2005
Old Shirts & New Skins
PS3551 .L35774 O43 1993
Reservation Blues
PS3551 .L35774 R74 1995
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| Pay Library Fines Online with E-Commerce |
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PayPal to the rescue. Library fines
will soon be easy to pay online using Cannell Library's new e-commerce system. Credit and debit cards may also
be used. Stay tuned for more details.
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New Books ... How to Find 'em ... |
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Yearning to know what's new on the shelves?
When you're in the Library catalog,
click " New Books & Videos".
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| From the New Books Shelf ... |
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Alpha Girls: Understanding the New American Girl
and How She Is Changing the World
Dan Kindlon, (Rodale, 2006)
HQ777 .K56 2006
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Cartoon Clinic: Essential Rescue Remedies for
Drawing Great Cartoons
Ben Cormack, (Barron's, 2006)
NC1320 .C595 2006
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Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection
Michael Wessells, (Harvard University Press, 2006)
UB416 .W47 2006 |
Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them
Philippe Legrain, (Princeton University Press, 2007)
JV6035 .L44 2007b
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Mother Earth and Uncle Sam: How Pollution and
Hollow Government Hurt Our Kids
Rena I. Steinzor,
(University of Texas Press, 2008)
RJ383 .S74 2008
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Off the Page: Writers Talk About Beginnings,
Endings, and Everything in Between
(W. W. Norton, 2008)
PS129 .O45 2008
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Reluctant Genius: Alexander Graham Bell and
the Passion for Invention
Charlotte Gray, (Arcade, 2006)
TK6143 .B4 G73 2006 |
Restless Skies: The Ultimate Weather Book
Paul Douglas, (Sterling, 2007)
QC981 .D68 2007
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Unbowed: A Memoir
Wangari Muta Maathai [2004 Nobel Peace Prize], (Anchor Books, 2007)
SB63 .M22 A3 2007 |
Where Does the Money Go?: Your Guided
Tour to The Federal Budget Crisis
Scott Bittle & Jean Johnson, (Collins, 2008)
HJ2052 .B58 2008
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Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood
Karen Ward Mahar, (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006)
PN1995.9 .W6 M32 2006 |
Your Child's Growing Mind: Brain Development
and Learning from Birth to Adolescence
Jane M. Healy, (Broadway Books, 2004)
BF318 .H4 2004
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| Who
writes the Cannell Chimes? We all do! Everyone in the library contributes
ideas and proofreads the drafts until we're all satisfied with the
content. We hope you enjoy it, too! |
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Edited and photos
by Roxanne Dimyan |
We
welcome your comments, ideas, and suggestions.
rdimyan@clark.edu
Revised May 21, 2008, 1:47 p.m.
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