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Sara DeRoo

The Library Cycle

The Library Cycle by Sara DeRoo is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Synopsis: This story follows the life of a library book from acquisition through removal from the library collection. The story will be told from the perspective of the library book.

Media: All media used from this project was used in concordance with their respective creative commons licenses with the exception of the audio, Also sprach Zarathustra, which exists in the public domain in the Unite States as of 2020.

Production: I exclusively used Canva for video editing. I also used Audacity to snip the section of Also sprach Zarathustra I wanted to use instead of uploading the entire song to Canva.

Image Citations

Video inside a library by pixabay (creative commons by CC0 1.0 Universal)

Positive woman unpacking box at home by SHVETS production (CC by Pexels License)

in the process by Asheboro Public Library (CC BY-SA 2.0)

A person is reading a book in front of a shelf of books by cottonbro studio (CC by Pexels License)

Person Holding Black Rectangular Book by Kaboompics.com (CC by Pexels License)

Dog Looking on Book by SHVETS production (CC by Pexels License)

Close-Up Shot of Two People Holding Hands Together by cottonbro studio (CC by Pexels License)

Woman Getting Glass of Red Wine from Bedside Table by cottonbro studio (CC by Pexels License)

Woman Standing on the Cliff by julie aagaard (CC by Pexels License)

Girl Sitting on Beach by Peter Fowler (CC by Pexels License)

Woman Wearing Blue Jacket Sitting on Chair Near Table Reading Books by George Dolgikh (CC by Pexels License)

A woman sitting on a bed in a room by cottonbro studio (CC by Pexels License)

A person is reading a book while sitting in a chair by Esra Afşar (CC by Pexels License)

Pile of Covered Books by pixabay (creative commons by CC0 1.0 Universal)

A Video of a Lighted Candles by Leeloo The FirsT (CC by Pexels License)

Lighted Candles with Blurred Background by ROMAN ODINTSOV (CC by Pexels License)

Stock Clip art from Canva.com

Audio Citations

Library with Light Chatter by calebowenw (CC BY 3.0)

Also sprach zarathustra BY Richard Strauss (Public Domain FROM Internet Archive)

TreeTones by J.Lang (CC BY-NC 4.0)

April 8, 2025 by Student Posts 0

The Fall of the House of Usher

I used the video editing function of Canva to create this video. Canva only allows you to export an mp4 file but you can adjust the definition of the video up to 4k.

Extended Credits

Creepy House by Tim Venchus from Flickr.com used under CC BY-NC 2.0

Dirt in the ground by Thomas Quine from Flickr.com used under CC BY 2.0

Face by Thomas Quine from Flickr.com used under CC BY 2.0

The Fall of the House of Usher by Thomas Quine from Flickr.com used under CC BY 2.0

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe exists in the public domain courtesy of Project Gutenberg

Hallway Lighting by J Swanstrom from Flickr.com used under CC BY-NC 2.0

Lightning storm over London by Tom Doel from Flickr.com used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Madeline Usher by EdenPictures from Flickr.com used under CC BY 2.0

The Mad Woman by Thomas Quine from Flickr.com used under CC BY 2.0

Old Door by Zoe Clarke from Flickr.com used under CC BY-NC 2.0

OUTCAST GROUNDED DREAMS by Skye Jordan FT. Quiana Nadine from digccmixter used under CC BY 4.0

The Phantom Hag by Thomas Quine from Flickr.com used under CC BY 2.0

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Thomas Quine from Flickr.com used under CC BY 2.0

Roderick Usher by EdenPictures from Flickr.com used under CC BY 2.0

The Sign of the Four by Thomas Quine from Flickr.com used under CC BY 2.0

Wuthering Heights by Thomas Quine from Flickr.com used under CC BY 2.0

The blog post, The Fall of the House of Usher by Sara DeRoo created under CC BY 4.0

March 4, 2025 by Student Posts 3

Books of the Dead

The Books of the Dead is a podcast dedicated to the reviewing of books with people who have passed on at their center. This could be a work of nonfiction of an historical figure or a work of fiction centered around a ghost.

Credits:

81 BPM Industrial Ambient Loop #871 by looplicator from Freesound used under CC BY 4.0

Old Owl Witch by septahelix from DigCCMixter used under CC BY-NC 4.0

telethon cheering2m57s060213 by John Sipos from Freesound used under CC0 1.0

Timeless Books by Lin Kristensen from Wikimedia used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic 

February 18, 2025 by Student Posts 3

How did we get here?

Before: Paramore by kellymcheese from Flickr used under CC BY-SA 2.0
After: Hayley Sings by Sara DeRoo is licensed under the Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Going to concerts is one of my favorite past times and now that I am a proper adult with an adult-sized paycheck, I have made it my personal mission to attend concerts for all the bands that teenage Sara’s mother wouldn’t let her go to. Unfortunately, Paramore is still a band that I have not yet been able to see live.

How did we get here? Well, I think I know.

I was jamming out to Paramore on my way home from work. Decode was the last song I listened to before pulling into my garage and turning off my car. When I sat down to write this blog post, the song was still playing in my head so I headed over to Flickr to see what CC images relating to Paramore might be available. While there is nothing inherently wrong with the original image, it feels unfocused and the guitarist is viewed at an awkward angle. So not only is he presented in a way that disserves him, he’s taking focus from the major energy happening in the photo, portrayed by Hayley Williams. I elected to crop the photo to a 1:1 ratio, thereby omitting the guitarist from the photo and emphasizing Hayley. This shifts the focus squarely to Hayley and minimizes the pull of the crowd and the second guitarist on the eye of the viewer. In my cropped version, the crowd and the second guitarist are reduced in prominence to background objects supporting the context of Hayley singing.

February 4, 2025 by Student Posts 3

He Who Marches Out of Step Hears Another Drum

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Electro-shock therapy machine circa 1938 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by jijake1977 is licensed under CC by 2.0
Original audio track created by Sara DeRoo using Mechanical spring hammer (smaller) by Sounds of Changes licensed under CC by 4.0 and Electrical Shock by BigKahuna360 licensed by CC by 0 1.0

Just yesterday, I finished reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey and sought to craft my post in relation to the novel. I came across an image of a vintage Electro-shock therapy (EST) machine from the 1930s and felt it would be a fair representation of the novel since EST plays such a significant role in the tale. The title of the post, “He Who Marches Out of Step Hears Another Drum“, comes from the novel as well. The line refers to someone who is going against the established social norms and doing his own thing. Those who march to the beat of their own drum run the risk of colliding with hospital staff and being sentenced to EST. To enhance the image, I sourced two audio files, the first is the sound of a hydraulic hammer press starting up and the second is the sound of electricity buzzing. The sound of the hydraulic hammer press was included because it augments the foreboding feel of the image in conjunction with the sound of sparking electricity. I used Audacity to merge these two audios in a way that allowed the hydraulic hammer press to rev up to full speed prior to the crackle of the electric shock and created a new master audio file for embedding into the post.

Terms of use “He Who Marches Out of Step Hears Another Drum” by Sara DeRoo is licensed under CC by 0 1.0

January 21, 2025 by Student Posts 3

Hello! It’s good to meet you.

I’m Sara. I live in Orlando, Florida and work as a Media Specialist at a public high school. I’m pursuing the MSI degree with FSU and I am excited to say I’ll be graduating this May.

In true media specialist fashion, I enjoy reading novels. I read every day before bed. Other interests of mine include The Sims 4 (I have been playing The Sims since its inception in 2000), baking, and live music. I am not, by any means, a musician but I am a music-lover and avid concert-goer. The most recent concert I attended was David Kushner this past November.

I’m looking forward to having fun in this course. I always struggle with library programming and I’m eager to learn how to create and use media resources to support learning in my media center.

January 14, 2025 by Student Posts 3