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Storyhack VT


This weekend I spent 24 hours creating a story with some colleagues and friends for Vermont’s first Storyhack. What’s a Storyhack you ask? The local weekly Newspaper 7 Days describes it like this: “The “hack” in the group’s name is a tip of the hat to the “hackathon,” a competitive event in which computer programmers […]

Puppies In The Library And Social Media


  I think @champlib should rent out puppies tostudents to help you study and deal with stress. Everyones GPA would increase #campchamp #btv — Marc Rizzi (@MarcRizzi) April 1, 2012 It all started with a tweet. At the start of the month a student made an off-hand comment on Twitter about renting puppies to deal […]

Award Reception And “Allies In Education”


“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” - Aristotle We had our celebration for the ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award on Monday. You can check out some of the pictures from the reception on Champlain College’s Facebook page. We got to celebrate with students, our student workers, […]