Check It Out

Ray Korpi signs the READ poster he is featured on, left, while Michelle Bagley, Dean of Libraries, eLearning, Tutoring and Faculty Development and Dr. Tim Cook, Vice President of Instruction look on.

The Clark College Libraries (Cannell Library and the Information Commons at CTC) participated in Washington Libraries Snapshot Day on April 17. This statewide project seeks to illustrate the importance of libraries for Washington’s citizens by collecting statistics, stories and photographs during National Library Week.

The highlight of the event was the unveiling of 10 READ posters featuring members of the Clark College community and their favorite books.

Clark College student Samantha McClure was selected as the student model through a contest the Libraries ran during winter quarter. Current Clark students were invited to enter the contest by filling out a form with the title of their favorite book and why they chose the book. Students submitted entries either in person at one of the libraries or posting it on the Clark College Libraries Facebook page. Samantha chose No Man’s Land by Ruth Fowler because, she said, “it presents a fascinating alternative for female reality in our modern day era where so much of human experience is represented in a very singular way.”

Other college community members featured in campaign were President Bob Knight and Oswald; Student Life Program Coordinator Sami Lelo; Athletics Director Charles Guthrie; Maintenance Mechanic Billie Garner; Physics Professor Dick Shamrell; Satellite Campus Building Administrator Randy Blakely; Dean of BEECH Ray Korpi; Diversity Center Staff Sirius Bonner, Rosalba Pitkin and Felis Peralta; and Security Officer Damon Grady.

The posters were on exhibit at Cannell and the iCommons through the month of April. Additional copies are posted around Clark’s main campus.

Wednesday’s 2,200 visitors to the Libraries were asked to envision the library of 2020. Suggestions included: “free coffee,” “more books,” “24-hour library,” “more computers,” “more study space,” and “books downloaded into our brains.”

See photos from the day on the Libraries’ Facebook page and on Clark’s Flickr site.

Photos: Clark College/Jenny Shadley