Category: LibrarySchool

States I've Visited (American ones, not altered ones)

I'm over at the school having worked on a couple of my first assignments for most of the night after walking Shea to work at 7pm.  Now I'm

Library Streams and Privacy Schemes

Kerry, Linda and I went into the 504 section today for what we're calling “First Friday Q&A” – something we did informally last semester but are now doing

Randomness (Happy Labour Day aka "What I Learned On My Summer Vacation")

Another recurring feature on this blog is that I've done a few “random thoughts” posts connected to various holidays over the past few months.  I didn't do one

Job Hunt Skills

Florence Hwang, a recent grad from the program, attended a federal libraries career networking event in Ottawa and reports back with these tips on her blog (reprinted with

My Schedule

Got an e-mail from the department today (Sunday?  Wow, they work hard over there!) saying that a spot had opened up in a class I initially didn't get

10 Things I've Learned in Library School (So Far)

At the end of my first semester, I posted “10 Tips For New Library School Students“.  On Tuesday, I'll begin my third (and final) semester of library school. 

Welcome New LIS Students!

Got a chance to plug my blog after giving a brief (?) talk about the role of the Student Council's Academic Rep during the orientation session for the

Library Research Seminar IV – Call for Papers

I'm posting this mainly as a head's up to future students who might have an opportunity to be involved in this conference as a volunteer or in some

Theresick (The Feast of Crispian)

I went on a semester exchange to York England when I was in undergrad.  Because of the constant excitement of new experiences and meeting new people and learning

Why Do Boys Read? Heavy Metal!

GG winning author, Art Slade (who is coming to FIMS on October 23 for the Lunch Bucket speaker series – mark your calendars!), discusses the reasons he became

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