Hi.

My name's Izabel.

Hi.

I'm Mandy Cohen.

Hello.

My name is Quentin Krull.

My name is Blaise Boswell.

Shelby Guinn.

I am the librarian at the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts.

Would you say your library functions a bit differently than most other libraries at schools?

I strive to, I have a different focus than maybe most librarians because we're an arts school, so I strive to provide a lot more art resources than maybe they would find somewhere else.

What do you use here to influence your academic goals or your personal goals or anything like that?

Um, well, he has specific books for every major, including dance.

Just recently I've gotten a monologue to Pygmalion for my audition to getting into MT3, which was really awesome to have it right here instead of having to buy it off of amazon.

We have like a Google Form in th that we're able to fill out to buy scores.

There's plays available for theater majors, there's music books and technique books available for those playing any instruments, any major has something here that's really important and helpful for them.

Like I just checked out a score today for Star Wars.

Oh, nice.

Oh, that's dope.

Well, I feel like if you think of the stereotypes, a lot of people think the silent, the “shhh ”.

But if you see we're in here during lunch and you just hear people socializing and people are getting schoolwork done, and people are talking.

When they do free reading, they love books, they love to hold it in their hands.

But when they're doing research, which is so much of what our job is for, to support their research, they want to go online.

And so I have built a website for them that I think is second to none.

The main reason it's so fantastic is the librarian.

he cares so much about every student, makes sure everyone feels included and safe here.

He's super positive and just fun to be around.

Mr. Guinn participates in all of the spirit dress up days.

He forms just like close friendships and actually interacts with the students.

And it makes the library seem like, I guess, a less scary place to some people.

The administration is buying in, really supporting what we're doing here.

So the kids have what they need.