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Happy National Library Week!

The library will be celebrating National Library Week this year by handing out bookmarks with artwork by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud as well as giving you the opportunity to draw what you love about the CIA Library. We'll also be celebrating the staff at CIA's Jessica R. Gund Memorial Library with a series of “getting to know the library staff” blog posts. Check back each day, Monday through Friday, to meet the library staff.

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Meet the Library Staff: Starr

In honor of National Library Week 2025, we are getting to know the library staff. Next up is Starr! Starr is the library's Assistant Director and Technical Services Librarian. Starr's office in the library is in Technical Services (100D). Starr joined the library staff in August 2023.Starr came to Cleveland from Tennessee by way of Alaska. She loves to catalog (even if it is her personal library) and she appreciates a beautifully illustrated book. She believes the greatest perk of working in Technical Services is getting to see library materials before anyone else. When she isn’t being a library geek, Starr loves to travel to places she’s never been with her spouse, check out new restaurants, and spend a huge amount of time pondering questions that have no answers.What’s your favorite thing about working at the CIA Library? Getting to interact with the students is my favorite thing about working at CIA. I love to see what they are working on and the ideas they have for future assignments and projects. What’s your favorite way to spend a day off? I love to read, hike, travel, and spend time with my family. What three fictional characters do you identify with most? The fictional characters I identify the most with are Leslie Knope (my daughter brought this to my attention), Luna from the Harry Potter series, and Juniper from Monica Furlong's Wise Child trilogy. What’s your favorite book/movie genre or your all-time favorite title? My favorite book is Circe by Madeline Miller. What’s your favorite board or video game and why? I'm more of a puzzle lover then a game player. What is the last song you sang along to? Peace Tonight by Elephant Revival is the last song I sung along to. Where have you lived and what brought you to your current city? I have lived in Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alaska, and Ohio. My job here at CIA is what brought me to Ohio. What is your favorite hobby, activity, or creative outlet? When I have access to a pottery wheel, I love ceramics. I also write. What’s your favorite line from a movie? "My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage!" If you were to write a self-help book, what would the topic be? If I were to write a self-help book the topic would be categorized under personal development. ...

Meet the Library Staff: Nat

In honor of National Library Week 2025, we are getting to know the library staff. First up is Nat! Nat L. is our new Library Assistant in Technical Services. Nat's office in the library is in Technical Services (100D) and they work in the library in the evenings during the semester. Nat joined the library staff in January of 2025.Meet Nat L.Nat is from Cleveland Heights and is a recent Sculpture + Expanded Media alum. While they were at CIA, they had a student worker position in Gund Library. In their brief time outside of CIA, Nat had been interning at Praxis Fiber Workshop as well as working as a circulation assistant at the Shaker Heights Public Library. Nat is interested in all fiber processes, especially weaving and quilting. They also enjoy spending time with their cats and frolicking with their niece and friends. Nat is excited to be back at CIA and to continue learning new library skills before pursuing their Masters in Library and Information Science. What’s your favorite thing about working at the CIA Library? Being surrounded by creative and curious people (and getting to flip through books all day!) What’s your favorite way to spend a day off? Going for a long walk and working on one of my 5000 projects What’s your favorite book/movie genre? Magical realism What’s your favorite video game and why? Stardew Valley— I would love to live on a farm that is within walking distance to everything I need What is the last song you sang along to? Dancing on My Own-Robyn What tv show are you absolutely obsessed with right now? The Boulet Brothers' Dragula If the library staff had a theme song, what would it be? The Reading Rainbow theme What is your favorite hobby, activity, or creative outlet? Baking sweet treats What’s your favorite line from a movie? “I’m tired of this grandpa…” “That’s too damn bad!”- Holes (2003) If you were to write a self-help book, what would the topic be? How to connect to your inner child One of Nat's sculptures...

National Library Week 2025!

Happy National Library Week! The library will be celebrating National Library Week this year by handing out bookmarks with artwork by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud as well as giving you the opportunity to draw what you love about the CIA Library. We'll also be celebrating the staff at CIA's Jessica R. Gund Memorial Library with a series of “getting to know the library staff” blog posts. Check back each day, Monday through Friday, to meet the library staff. ...

April is National Poetry Month

Visit the library April 1-11 to write an ode to your zip code to celebrate National Poetry Month! The Zip Ode was invented in 2015 by O'Miami in Miami, FL, and is a five-line poem about where you live, written in the form of your zip code. O, Miami, and WLRN host an annual initiative to collect Zip Odes every Spring, but the form has also traveled all around the United States, including Orlando, Toledo, and Boston. ...

National Library Week 2025!

Happy National Library Week!

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