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I am the curator of the Butler Children's Literature

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Center at Dominican University.

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The Butler Center is a research

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and review collection for the best in children's literature.

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We house a new book collection, which is our books

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that we receive from publishers, advanced reading copies

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and final copies that are used by our students

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and the public, as well as two historical collections,

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the Effie Lee Morris collection

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of African American Children's Literature,

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and the Ellen Green Folk and Fairytale Collection.

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In addition to the book collection,

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the Butler Center hosts a yearly lecture, other smaller

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programs throughout the year,

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and creates online tools such as book reviews

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and recommendation lists for teachers and librarians

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and anyone looking for help in making the best book

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selections for the children in their lives.

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So, being a graduate assistant here at the Butler

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Children's Literature Center is pretty mind-boggling.

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I mean, we get books from a variety

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 of genres.

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We get nonfiction, we get board books, we get picture books.

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We get young adults

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and children's fiction almost every day.

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So it's always nice to open the boxes

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and be like, oh my gosh.

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Let's see, you know,

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what book is coming out in about a couple months?

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I would say the MLIS degree is definitely preparing me for

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where I want to go in my career.

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Yes, I might have my certificate in archives,

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and maybe that's the route I want to go on.

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But taking all these other classes that you,

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you have the option to take has been absolutely amazing.

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Learning how to do cataloging, learning how to do research,

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Learning how to advocate for your library.

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You know, maybe that's something that I actually might wanna

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do in academic libraries

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or go into the children's librarian field.

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you have so many options here.