Laura Haygood

Any suggestions, folks? I'm still new enough to the area that I'm always looking for fun things to do.

Thankfully I'm catching up on scoring titles for Doody's to distract myself from what's happening to Brown. Not sure I can do heavy focus work this morning, but this is engaging enough to keep me distracted.

Check on your friends who work in public health and medical libraries, we're struggling.

It's a terrible time to have a BA in history and work as a medical librarian.

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I'm starting to worry if information literacy will be the next thing the right tries to ban. Because there's nothing more evil than librarians teaching students critical thinking skills. 🙄

We are so excited to have you! And for this new position at Brown!!

How does one make friends as an adult if your workplace isn't toxic? 😅

I'm loving New England, but it's a long way from all my friends and family. I know this is part of academic life, but it's not easy. Today, I'm choosing to be proud of myself for taking this chance and trying a new adventure.

Image of Brown University t-shirts, a red Brown University ball cap, and a Brown University coffee mug

This afternoon, I walked around Providence, exploring shops and visiting the campus. I ended up walking 4.6 miles, and it felt amazing. I'm so glad I moved to RI!

Oh, and I picked up campus gear for my family.

I started to ask myself, "Why do peer review requests come in at the worst possible times?" Then I remember that there's never a good time. We are perpetually understaffed and under-resourced in academia and libraries.

An armadillo digging up basil in an herb garden.

An armadillo hiding between a tree and a wooden fence.

I have a new housemate. He's cute, but he needs to stay away from my basil!

I am so excited to share that I just accepted a librarian position at Brown University, working with Public Health! It saddens me to think about leaving TCU. These students are some of the best I've ever worked with, but I'm so excited to explore new england and Providence!!

Thank you!

I love seeing fellow runners with RA!

I'm trying to find my librarian/academic medicine/historian friends from Twitter. If you know of mutuals here, please share!

White woman in running gear standing in front of the OKC bombing memorial. The building behind her reads, "Run to remember."

I'm slowly getting back into running after a difficult year of illness and injury. This picture is from my half marathon during the Oklahoma City Memorial race in 2021. I was living in OKC during the 1995 bombing, so it was incredible getting to run this race.