When my boss came to Southeast Regional Library as their new director fifteen years ago, one of the first things he did was go out and work an actual front-line shift in a few of our branches to get a sense of the workload, what was effective in how our system operated, what wasn't and […]
John M. has posted some reflections on reaching the halfway point of the MLIS program as a part-time student. He started in the same term as me which was Jan 2006 but because he's only taking 1-2 classes per term, he isn't scheduled to finish until August 2009. As someone who did the program in […]
Yet another reason that our son will be seeking psychotherapy in about twenty years…On a completely unrelated note, I'm bringing back “Classmate of the Day” except, since I've now convocated, I'm calling it “Colleague of the Day” and it will probably be a less of a regular feature then the former iteration was. But anyhow, […]
I'm pretty much the perfect example of the value of the Professional Mentorship program at FIMS. I participated in it all three semesters I was there. I had a great mentor in my first term and an okay one in my second. But it was the third that made it really pay off. When I […]
I had a conversation today that made me remember the internal debate many of us (including myself) go through when we first graduate – namely, do we hold out for a professional librarianship position or do we apply for whatever's available?I know there are people reading this who fall into both camps so I thought […]
The end of the semester at FIMS looms and for various students, the end of the program is near as well. On that note, Michelle L. has a list of Library School Advice from an Almost Librarian that's worth checking out. Congrats also to Barb Janicek who won the Spirit of Librarianship Award for […]
Here's an article that's making the rounds from the New York Times' Fashion & Style section – A Hipper Crowd of Shushers“How did such a nerdy profession become cool — aside from the fact that a certain amount of nerdiness is now cool? Many young librarians and library professors said that the work is no […]
(Chris liked this photo I snapped of him after a 503 class so much that he asked me to send it to him for possible use in his wedding album.)It seems like a cruel joke that I'm in the midst of posting eulogies I've done for my grandparents and then I get the news that […]
I don't talk a lot about my work on this blog but I thought I'd discuss one of my favourite activities that I do – approving the purchase of books that patrons have requested – to celebrate my three month anniversary in this position which is tomorrow. In my library system, this is known as […]
This will be a bit sparse to start but I thought I'd do a post of FIMS classes that have related blogs. If you know of any other course blogs (or other related online materials – wikis, etc.) that are beyond the FIMS intranet, please let me know via a comment or e-mail.LIS746 – Collection […]
