{"id":96,"date":"2013-03-22T23:15:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T23:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pogo.lakesideschool.org\/library\/?p=96"},"modified":"2013-03-22T23:15:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T23:15:48","slug":"march-madness-in-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/2013\/03\/22\/march-madness-in-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness in the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pogo.lakesideschool.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/AlumniPride.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-97\" src=\"https:\/\/pogo.lakesideschool.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/AlumniPride-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pogo.lakesideschool.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MarchMadness1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-99\" src=\"https:\/\/pogo.lakesideschool.org\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MarchMadness1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The librarians are showing off their alumni spirit.\u00a0\u00a0 Yesterday, Janelle Hagen sported her favorite Pitt t-shirt.\u00a0\u00a0 Today I decided to demonstrate my Wisconsin pride by donning my beloved library school hat.\u00a0\u00a0 If Rutgers had a seat at the table this year, I have no doubt that Heather Hersey would have gotten in on the action.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s March Madness at the Pigott Library!<\/p>\n<p>During the NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Tournament, we set up computers and a big screen TV to show all of the games.\u00a0\u00a0 The idea was spearheaded by Julie Johnson, our media specialist, a number of years ago.\u00a0\u00a0 The games build community on a number of levels.\u00a0\u00a0 It is fun to see students and faculty members cheering on their favorite teams during free periods.\u00a0\u00a0 The student newspaper runs an ESPN bracket competition.\u00a0\u00a0 Anyone in the Lakeside community who wants to play is welcome.\u00a0 March Madness gives our faculty, staff, students and administration a common language for banter and a light-hearted reason for camaraderie.<\/p>\n<p>Rapport with students is a high priority for our team.\u00a0\u00a0 Due to the fact that the Pigott Library is one of the few public spaces one campus where students are held to a consistent level of behavioral expectations, there is definitely an ebb and flow to the library team\u2019s approval rating with students.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The goodwill and fun atmosphere created during the tournament helps to rebuild our hero status, even if it is only for a few days.\u00a0\u00a0 The countless thank yous are appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The librarians are showing off their alumni spirit.\u00a0\u00a0 Yesterday, Janelle Hagen sported her favorite Pitt t-shirt.\u00a0\u00a0 Today I decided to demonstrate my Wisconsin pride by donning my beloved library school hat.\u00a0\u00a0 If Rutgers had a seat at the table &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/2013\/03\/22\/march-madness-in-the-library\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libpost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}