Late in 2013, the Engineering Library became the University of Saskatchewan’s first branch library completely operated by Generation X and Y. In no particular order, meet the ladies of the Engineering Library:
Lexi Whitter (Generation Y) Before coming to Engineering, Lexi spent some time at the Science and Law libraries, which she really enjoyed! She loves reading and her guilty pleasure is YA fiction. Currently, she is planning a trip to England in April and looking forward to the arrival of her nephew in July.
Tasha Maddison (Generation X) After a nine year hiatus in Toronto, Tasha returned to her hometown to work at her alma mater in 2010. She has always been drawn to the UofS as some of the best years of her life have been spent here as a student and as an employee. She is an avid reader and shares Lexi’s passion for YA fiction, as well as her books!
Maricris Salanga (Generation Y) Maricris has loved art since she was a very young child, and tries to infuse her creativity in all that she does. She is also an avid reader of good manga and fantasy books, and would someday like to be a novelist and children’s book author as well.
Li Zhang (Generation X) Li just came back from her Mexico vacation with a tanned face. She was fascinated by the mysterious Mayan culture in that great land. Back to winter with a warm tropical soul, she is sure that she will be energized for the rest of the year.
Jennifer Murray (Generation X) Jen has been enjoying the last five years as the busiest time of her life. She spends most of her time raising two of the coolest kids around, engaging the UofS campus community at the Library full time, and working on an MLIS degree online. She cannot wait to read for pleasure again. Maybe she’ll borrow some YA fiction from Lexi or Tasha. Or she’ll ask Maricris to introduce her to manga (?).
Artwork by Maricris Salanga.
Thank you for the airbrush Maricris.
Sincerely,
Jen
I love the art! I recognize a little bit of each of you in your image.
Rachel
Tooo cute! Now we’ll have to think of something to do for the Murray staff!
Awesome artwork!
That is all our Maricris Salanga. She has quite the awesome portfolio of art, but is very humble about it. She has redone the Engineering Library’s signage and be on the look out for a post that shows it all off. Personally, I think we should save all this signage as it will probably be worth a lot in the future when Maricris becomes a world famous artist.
Way to go Maricris! Perhaps your next blog post can be about your signage upgrade – I would like to see what they look like!
wow – amazing artwork Maricris!
Love this post!
Witty and educational, what a great way to introduce co-workers!
Great way to introduce staff! All X’s and Y’s … should make for a great team.
I love this post!
What an awesome feature
Fabulous artwork and nice little bios.
Wonderful artwork and delightful bios!
Too cool. Maricris…all digital? or by hand first? Inquiring mind wants to know. b.
Thank you!
I sketched out the drawings first with pencil and paper, then I inked and coloured them over digitally after (I take a pic of the sketch instead of scanning it– much faster!). The pic of the pencil drawing will be the underlying sketch to “ink” over 