Paul Palmer ^{(168 Posts)}

I was really excited to recently be able to buy some new additions to the library's manga collection. To date, most of our manga has been collected from donations, and as such there are very few complete series. However, space is extremely limited in my teen section, and as such I can't actually put all the new manga I've aquired on the shelf! (I've got a temporary fix by placing the new stuff in a…

So I realize in my last post I said I wanted to get back to making videos with some sort of regularity. I HAVE recorded some videos, but unfortunately I didn't think anything was very good, so I never finished them. Hopefully inspiration will strike soon. 

So I decided now that things have settled down a bit, I wanted to get back to making videos with some kind of regularity. While I still have a scripted, longer form Let's Go Retro! episode half-done sitting on my computer, I wanted to try something a bit different and immediate. I tried this once before and the results weren't very good, and in fact I left the remains of the result to sit on…

Since I stepped into the role of Teen Librarian at the Sellers Library, I've had to continue many clubs and activities that were already regular occurrence here. Of course, since it's stuff like book clubs, anime clubs and gaming clubs, I've no complaints. These are things I would try to do anyway after all! But of course "running an anime club" was not part of my library school training, so I've tried to search around…

Man, Halloween really snuck up on me this year. It's my favorite time of the year, but it always seems to go by so fast! Well, at least with this year having the (still fairly newish) new job, and trying to get packed up to move, I have an excuse for missing out on most of the Halloween movie watching and gaming I would like to be doing. I did get to see a double…

So I mentioned in one of my newer videos that school was kicking my butt. But school has since ended. And I've got a job! Whoo-hoo! I'm the new teen librarian at Upper Darby Sellers Library in PA! And so far it's been a real blast. I certainly feel it's a bit of a trial by fire, as I've had to jump into the clubs that were already established by the previous teen librarian, which…