Larraby Fellows

Reference & Instructional Design Librarian

CCV Program Liaison:

Arts, Communication, & Humanities

larraby.fellows@ccv.edu

(802) 828-0122

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October 6, 2020

What I do at the library

I create materials that help students learn about complex research and library concepts. I coordinate the design and production of our instructional videos, tutorials, and several research guides. I narrate and produce most of the library’s YouTube videos. I also help to oversee the design and content of the library’s website. Most of my time is spent helping students with research papers and projects through email, chat, phone, text and as a class librarian in some Canvas classes. I’m also the librarian who is most likely to use (overuse?) the smiley face emoji on chat.

What I’m reading/listening to/watching right now

• Reading: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
and The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
• Listening to: Late Night Tales by Trentemøller
• Watching: The Bridge, Bordertown, Dark, Fortitude, Trapped (anything Nordic Noir), Watchmen and The Great British Bake Off

Favorite “hidden library gem”

I like puns and titles that play with words so I’m a sucker for books like Here’s looking at Euclid: a surprising excursion through the astonishing world of math or articles like “Queer eyes and Wagnerian guys: homoeroticism in the art of the Third Reich“… it proves that scholars are totally “with it”…they’re just like us, right? And who could resist this title: Tracing Your Ancestors in Lunatic Asylums: A Guide for Family Historians?

Fun fact

I was born in Anchorage, Alaska.

Favorite animal

It’s a toss up between tardigrades and the mantis shrimp. If it’s aquatic and has superpowers, it’s for me!

What’s the most recent book you bought for the library?

The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics