Posted in Blogging, Studies on Monday, August 6, 2007 | No Comments »
On Tuesday in Communication class, we had a very interesting discussion about blogs. Most of the class didn’t seem too taken with them. Someone even remarked having read somewhere that “blogs are written by people with nothing to say and read by people with nothing to do.” I felt a little out of place with [...]
Posted in Academic, Clever, Humor, People, Studies on Thursday, July 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Tuesday in Communication class we were talking about marketing. This is an area that I know very little about. However, there is clearly something to be said for being creative, and for going where the people are. A sample of things I found are below.
The Ursinus College Library (Collegeville, PA) has posted great pictures [...]
Posted in Academic, Career, Cataloging, Reference, Studies on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 | No Comments »
This morning I had an interview for an internship with the Assistant Director of the Bank Street College of Education Library. We chatted, and she showed me around. The library is not big, but meticulously taken care of. There’s an especially impressive collection of children’s material in a variety of formats. The staff is friendly, [...]
Posted in Academic, Library 2.0, Studies, Tech, Usability, Web 2.0 on Monday, July 16, 2007 | No Comments »
(I’m obviously going through my aggregator tonight.)
I found these through Library 2.0 – An academic’s perspective:
At The College of New Jersey, the modern languages librarian has added a tag cloud with links to pertinent links at del.icio.us to the library’s Italian Studies resources page. In addition, some of the del.icio.us bookmarks have been inserted on [...]
Posted in Career, Cataloging, Scary, Studies on Friday, July 13, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been searching for an internship site for my Seminar & Practicum class this fall. Today I made an appointment to interview next week at a college library near where I live. They mostly have programs in education, which doesn’t quite match my background. Otherwise their library services seem thorough, thoughtful, and extensive. I’m very [...]
Posted in Academic, Studies, Word soup on Friday, July 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
On Tuesday in Interpersonal Communication class we had a very interesting discussion about what to call the people who visit libraries. Are they customers, patrons, users, or something else? Each term has pros and cons. I have noticed myself using the word user lately, thinking that it was the most neutral term I could come [...]
Posted in Career, Studies on Monday, June 11, 2007 | No Comments »
I was stupid.
I had an indexer job lined up, via a classmate, for the summer and possibly for the forseeable future. An interesting one, too. Just perfect considering that I took Information Technology, Knowledge Organization, and Online Searching and Services this spring.
I didn’t get the job because the company has some financial troubles. I didn’t [...]
Posted in Career, Cataloging, Conferences, Studies on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 | No Comments »
After taking an excellent cataloging class this spring, I’m uncertain where I’ll want to take my career. I’m wavering between reference (previous favorite) and technical services (new love). I should find an internship for the fall semester soon. This uncertainty is making is doubly hard. The choice shouldn’t really be this difficult; after all, librarianship [...]
Posted in Cataloging, Studies on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 | No Comments »
A semi-random search lead me to Karen G. Schneider’s entry (via The Goblin in the Library) in the ALA Tech Source blog: Dear Library of Congress…
Had I seen this when I was writing about my paper on the future of cataloging this spring, it might have looked very different. (Ambiguity intended.) It’s still [...]
Posted in People, Studies on Monday, May 14, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m about to start my first class for this summer, on Web design. I don’t know what it’s going to be like, I don’t know the instructor. I’m curious to see what it’ll turn out to be and how it works. I wonder whether we’ll have group projects, the bane of all joy of schoolwork… [...]
