The library may not seem like a very interesting place to most students, but the library hosts many fascinating events every year, including the Author Elizabeth Scott coming to visit and speak about her books.

“We have the Poetry Jam and I’m trying to get the Shakespeare Festival, but we’ll see about that,” Library Media Specialist Jessie Shields said.

Also, Shields is the mind behind Bulldog Toilet Talk. She spends some time reading most of the books for this popular read.

“Usually I do. I put a list of the new arrivals and people watch that for books that are in a series, and are coming back out.” Shields said.

The library has changed a lot since it was first established. A lot of work goes into the upkeep of this library.

“I try to run it like a book store. I try to have stuff that kids are going to want to read, it’s going to keep you coming back, with or without A.R. requirements. I just want everyone to love to read. That’s my goal,” Shields said.

To keep up on which books are currently popular, Shields does her fair share of research.

“There are several blogs that I follow like Teen Read, websites that teens actually post stuff on there, like this is a good book. I trust them. They are your age and if they like it there are going to be at least a few people here that will too. I watch Amazon for the new releases. Series books are very popular right now. And I follow popular authors, if you like something by that person and they come out with a new book; usually I try to get that too,” Shields said.

Shields is planning to make use of modern technology for the library, by making the library more technologically friendly.

“I would love to be able to have, not necessarily a smart board, but a projector so I can be showing the book trailers that I have on My Big Campus. Just like advertising for books, like commercials. I would love to be able to have IPads in here. I do have Kindles right now, but I’m limited on the number of those we can have, so not a lot of people can check them out at one time. I would actually like to have more computers” said Shields said.

The Kindle checkout process is actually quite simple.

“You have to have something signed by a parent, because they are pretty costly, saying that you realize that if something is damaged that you are going to have to pay for it, or buy a new one, and then you just check it out. You can’t download anything to it, I download everything onto it. But yes, you just check it out,” Shields said.

Also, the library offers many snack and beverage selections all throughout the day like muffins, crackers, and tea. This money goes straight back to the library.

“A lot of people want to know like where the money goes, from the snacks. Really, it goes right back to you guys in movies, books, magazines, couches, you know stuff like that,” Shields said.

The library is full of things to do, and hopefully much more things to come.