Justin Haynes

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Shout-outs From My Colleagues

Thank you to Justin, Aryn, and Alison for doing such a wonderful job planning and presenting the NC State Accessibility Collaborative's first field trip to the Makerspace. We had such a great visit at the Makerspace and learned so much about how to make accessible learning materials. I think everyone who attended will not only be a Makerspace user going forward but will also recommend the Makerspace to colleagues and students. The event was also a great reminder of how important accessibility is to everyone in the libraries and how each of us is doing our part to make the libraries and the university more accessible. Thanks so much for all your hard work and enthusiasm! -Beth

— Beth Ashmore

This summer, Darrien Bailey led the LSS Instruction Team in the decision to solve a few recurring problems with the books for our ever-popular scavenger hunt by making our own fake books. This idea led to the creation of amazing book titles like: Runway Royalty: Miss Piggy's Fashion Design Masterclass, Dumpster Diving 101 with Oscar the Grouch, and Under My Wing: Psychological Safety and Emotional Expression with Big Bird for students to find. These books were made with use of the creative minds and tools we have at the library and a multi-department collaboration -- and they are a delight to share with students! Thank you to: Darrien Bailey and Aasta Thomas for pursuing this idea, coming up with clever book titles, designing cover art and for Aasta's attention to detail which involved digging into the Library of Congress to create accurate call numbers! To Lynn Whittenberger for (without skepticism!) being willing to add these books to the catalog - and thinking of the extra steps to make sure we don't accidentally confuse patrons! Just one example of the care and attention that Lynn puts into her work. To Justin Haynes for working with Darrien to laser cut the designs into the book covers and making the vinyl stickers inside book covers! He's even working on making a 3D print to mount inside each book. Justin takes this approach with every project and we always come up with something more interesting or better than we first imagined. To Emily Schmidt and Robin Harper for making sense of a fuzzy idea to help students return the books to the correct spot on the shelves - and then making (by hand!) custom boxes for each of the twelve books! The willingness and swiftness of their work was truly amazing. I am grateful to work with colleagues who are so willing to work on creative and fun projects outside of the realm of typical duties and to make a fun experience for our students!

— Alison Edwards

We're really lucky to have Justin as our jack-of-all-trades for all things fabrication and making. Within our department's support of experiential learning, there's plenty of experimentation. It's grounding and reassuring to have access to Justin's expertise on a broad range of tools, processes, and a diverse set of design workflows. His ability to communicate around these topics is really impressive and unlocks a lot of our most intriguing and rewarding student success initiatives.

— Colin Keenan

I’d like to take an opportunity to shout out Justin Haynes. His expertise and willingness to go above and beyond for the development team is an irreplaceable asset to the Libraries. He has done an amazing job supporting our events, donor tours, and any other random request the Friends of the Libraries has had. The latest request was to make custom centerpieces highlighting iconic Libraries’ spaces for our Fall Reception. The laser cut centerpieces were beautiful and the attendees loved them. I always look forward to collaborating with him and am so thankful to have him as a colleague. Thank you Justin for everything you do!

— Allison Hughes