Abby serves as the learning commons librarian for Bird Library. However, as part of her job, Abby serves as co-chair for the human library event with Tarida Anantachai.
Her book: embracing unpredictability. As someone who has gone through a lot of changes in her life, Sylvia offered herself as a book to help out readers figure out what to do and make the correct choices.
Her Book: Telling the untold story. Pat worked as the post production supervisor for Frontline, a current affairs series thats been producing since 1983. Pat worked there during the 9/11 events, which she explained was a pretty busy time.
Don started working out with the U.S. geological survey, developing an expertise in the chemistry of water, causing him to move all over the U.S. Along with currently being a Geology professor at Syracuse University, Don has become an expert in chess as well as guitar playing. For his book, he played improv guitar caricatures for the readers that checked him out.
Her book: Why knot knit? Dara based her book on the concept of hands, and how hands make everyone human beings. She placed an emphasis on hand crafts, believing that they are becoming more important than they used to be, competing against the rising virtual world.
His Book: You can judge a book by its cover. Peter spoke about book binding conservation and brought examples of books that he made himself. Peter believes that events like the Human Library brings people together, at least for a little bit, and allows them to share things through that dialogue.
Her book: Living an international life in Syracuse NY. Pat has been living cross cultural engaging lives since the day she's been born. Her family is Ukrainian, but Pat grew up in Syracuse, never really considering herself an American until later years when she realized she's an American with a Ukrainian background.
His book: Generation I Eric believes that the world millennial gets tossed around a lot, so he came in with the goal of breaking down what that word means. Eric explained how everyone sort of gets tossed into this category, with no one really knowing when the age group begins or ends. With Generation I, Eric says it brings people who went through IM, Myspace and Facebook, or people in his age group together.
Her book: Drowning in place: learning to manage depression, anxiety and panic. Delaney left her studies at Syracuse for a year and a half on a mental health medical legal absence. She shared her story and wants readers to know that no matter what, there is help out there.