I’m officially finished with my second semester of library school. It was an inauspicious ending, with my final project for the reference class cut short by travel to my partner’s grandmother’s funeral. (Family comes first, even at the end of the semester.) I got fine grades in my other two…
I’ve always liked birds. My parents got me a parakeet when I was really little, and they (birds, not my parents) have fascinated me to no end ever since. My grandmother kept canaries, so maybe there’s something genetic to it; I don’t know. At any rate, I’m not sure I…
I know, I know, we’re halfway through it already. It’s a week half full or half empty, depending how you look at it. But I can still wish you a happy one, right? Also, as reported on The CIT Library Blog (in strikingly similar writing style), I made a display…
I was going to write about The Darien Statements, but I find myself distracted by one point and unable to focus on the whole. “As librarians we must:” one section begins (less than grammatically), and below it are bullet points. The one, in particular, that’s got my attention? “Choose wisely…
I’ve changed my summer course schedule twice, now. On the bright side, all of this fiddling has left me with courses I’m excited to be taking! INFSCI 2955: Special Topics: Systems – “Web Engineering†(Monday nights) LIS 2850: Library’s Role in Teaching and Learning, aka Library Instruction (Four weekends, Friday…