In a recent post on “My Perfect Program“, I mentioned that our library school apparently used to have nine required courses (and presumably six electives) which is the exact opposite of what we have now. I don't know what the required courses used to be – I think collections development and a technology one called […]
I was over at the UCC this morning for a meeting and there happened to be a trade fair on for various grad studies programs, both at UWO and with displays from other universities as well. I stopped at the FIMS booth to chat with Rosanne Greene, our Grad Student Services coordinator and ended up […]
Is there anything better than getting your e-mail in-box under control? This program is pretty e-mail heavy at the best of times but this semester and especially this week has been crazy. I chip away and get my in-box under 100 messages and 25 more come in. I literally received 40 messages today on one […]
As I head towards the end of my time at FIMS at an ever-quickening rate, I have lots of occasion …
After a bit of a glitch (or a glit of a bitch if you're dyslexic), we're back. Got through to Customer Support at NetIdentity very quickly today and my good friend Gregory doubled my transfer limit per month from here on with no extra charge. Yay! To celebrate, let's blow some bandwidth by linking to […]
Renee S., who graduated last term, is now in China setting up a brand-new school library from scratch. Her blog ruminations on her experiences and struggles are always well-written and often hilarious. I'm not sure if I should take issue with this recent post though – I think she's comparing me to Paris Hilton!“For Canadian […]
Got this from Iona Henderson and wanted to pass it along as a way to encourage people to participate. The Coffee House was a lot of fun last semester (the picture of Linda from my “Rock Star Librarian” post was taken at the Coffee House) plus your attendance helps support Student Council financially. — Hey […]
The Library Association of Alberta did a calendar a few years back featuring photos of librarians doing their non-work hobbies – riding motorcycles, belly-dancing, mountain climbing, etc. We had some brief chats about doing something similar here – either for my cohort or for the whole program via Student Council. I don't think anything ever […]
Funny story. After my “Public Libraries in the Community” class today, my group met because we have to come up with a business plan proposal for a new “for fee” service for a library. We were sort of struggling to come up with an idea as most of us were thinking “libraries = free” (I […]
Hey MLISers! Clear your calenders for FRIDAY OCTPBER 20th, the evening of the MLIS Pub Crawl! This is a great chance to meet and mingle with other students in the program over some drinks and merriment. The order of the crawl is: 1) Molly Blooms 8-8:45 2) Martini Bar (upstairs of Mongolian […]
