This is What a Librarian Looks Like: Oklahoma Edition

Description

A new digital gallery show, hosted by Schusterman Library at OU-Tulsa, displaying pictures and bios of Oklahoma Librarians. The show is created and curated by two Graduate Research Assistants who are also OU SLIS students

Inspiration

The idea for the project resulted from the collaboration of our librarians at the Schusterman Library during their annual retreat. The book by Kyle Cassidy, This is What a Librarian Looks Like, also helped inspire the exhibit idea and design.

Goals

“We wanted to use this exhibit to be an educational tool that shows what librarians do how they both embrace and defy the stereotypical librarian and how they serve the community through programs, services, and classes.”

Response

“We were overwhelmed by the positive feedback we received from the librarians who participated and how excited they were to share what they do and the programs, services, or classes they have been a part of.”

“It was inspiring to see how passionate these librarians are about their profession and how active they are in their communities.”

How to See the Exhibit

“We are currently working on a website that will display all of the contents presented in the exhibit. This way we can reach the librarians who could not make it down for the exhibit, but wanted to see the final product. We are also hoping to add a feature where librarians can add their profiles directly to the website to help expand the librarian profiles and provide a more diversified look at Oklahoma information professionals.”

“This has been an incredible opportunity that has allowed us to showcase what librarians do in Oklahoma and how they impact our community, and I am truly happy to have been a part of it!”

Tracy Ashby is a Graduate Assistant at the OU Schusterman Library with a degree in History from Louisiana State University and expected to graduate with her MLIS from OU in 2019.