Getting to know you...

I am absolutely delighted to introduce myself as the new library media specialist at New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math, or, NEST+m. How appropriate that the acronym for our school spells a word so rich in the meaning and sense of "home."

Merriam-Webster's Online Free Dictionary defines the noun, nest, as " a place of rest, retreat, or lodging." To me, this means that our library media center is a place we all can call home; a place where we are nurtured, comforted, sustained, and supported.

The dictionary further identifies the synonyms for nest as:

hotbed, hothouse, breeding ground, nidus, nursery, seedbed, seminary
and lists related words as: crucible; base, capital, center, core, cynosure, eye, focus, heart, hub, mecca, nucleus, seat; focus, headquarters.

It is my sincere wish that the NEST+m library will be all of these things: a hotbed, or breeding ground, or seedbed, or hothouse for ideas; a base, center, focus, hub, mecca and headquarters for teaching and learning; for creating, for curiosity, inquiry; and truly, the heart and soul of our school.

I bring to you--students, staff, administration, and parents--my dedication and passion for information literacy instruction, a love of literature and technology, and a track record of success and excellence in librarianship. I offer my promise to make our library program at NEST+m the best in the city.

Together we will seek and learn and grow. I am honored to be here. Please join me in "feathering our nest" to make it everything it can and should be.