The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.
once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award
The award has been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".
the role of the library technician is expanding and evolving
Library technicians typically require a certificate, or, ideally, an associate degree in library technology from a community college or other similar institution
librarians require a master's degree in library science from an accredited university-based graduate school of library and information science
Library technicians will often carry out the practical tasks involved in daily library operation
Because the education of the library technician is practical, broad and skills-based, they are job-ready upon graduation; the only training they may require is that which is specific to their particular place of employment.
assist library patrons in finding information
Duties can vary with the type and size of the library
data input
cataloguing
assist in acquiring print and nonprint materials
circulation
assisting in the provision of reference services
A library technician who supervises or serves as library manager with the advanced training is more properly known as a library associate.
intended for use by individuals for representation of their personal names, nicknames, screen names, pseudonyms, or other types of identification labels.
An extraverted person is likely to enjoy time spent with people and find less reward in time spent alone. They tend to be energized when around other people, and they are more prone to boredom when they are by themselves.
An introvert is likely to enjoy time spent alone and find less reward in time spent with large groups of people, though he or she may enjoy interactions with close friends.
Introverts are easily overwhelmed by too much stimulation from social gatherings
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
The Crown of Dalemark by Diana Wynne Jones
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Road to Middle-earth by T. A. Shippey
Reason and Imagination in C. S. Lewis by Peter J. Schakel
The Return of the Shadow by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien
The Annotated Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Douglas A. Anderson
Word and Story in C. S. Lewis, edited by Peter J. Schakel and Charles A. Huttar
A Question of Time: J. R. R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie by Verlyn Flieger
Roverandom by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond
J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey
Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-earth, edited by Verlyn Flieger and Carl F. Hostetter
Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth by John Garth
War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Janet Brennan Croft
The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community by Diana Glyer; appendix by David Bratman
The History of the Hobbit by John D. Rateliff, Part One: Mr. Baggins; Part Two: Return to Bag-end
Tolkien, Race, and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits by Dimitra Fimi
Strategies of Fantasy by Brian Attebery
Twentieth-Century Fantasists, edited by Kath Filmer
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, edited by John Clute and John Grant
The Myth of the American Superhero by John Shelton Lawrence and Robert Jewett
Four British Fantasists: Place and Culture in the Children's Fantasies of Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper by Charles Butler
One Earth, One People: The Mythopoeic Fantasy Series of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L’Engle and Orson Scott Card by Marek Oziewicz