Bigger on the Inside: Brookline Public Library’s TARDIS “Awesome Box”
Patrons at the Public Library of Brookline (MA) now have an engaging new way to learn about the most recommended items in circulation, thanks to reference and teen librarian Robin Brenner: An “Awesome Box” in the shape of a half-size TARDIS, Doctor Who’s sentient spaceship.
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Since its debut early last week, “we’ve already had a number of people use it, which is very exciting,” Brenner tells School Library Journal. “There’s nothing that quite beats people walking into the library with a big grin on their face when they see it, and walking over to our display which explains what it is and why we have a TARDIS in the library.”
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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