Former CLA President, Wendy Newman, who is teaching “Advocacy and Libraries” this semester has kindly agreed to let me reprint this list. The full version is a speech that she gave as U of T's Faculty of Information Science on March 22, 2005. What I Wish “They” Had Told Me When I Started Out In […]
I'll be at the Grad Club tomorrow afternoon around 4pm to celebrate the impending birth of my child (okay, it's nine months away but any excuse to go for a drink, right?). Actually, Quinn Dupont who was in the program but is currently on leave after being accepted for a Masters of Philosophy at the […]
Scholarly Journal Submission UpdateJust finished submitting the revised version of “Useless as Tits on a Bull: User Fees in Alberta Public Libraries” to Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Research and Theory. As I said before, it's been an extremely educational process, I got some great feedback and even if they don't decide to publish it […]
I'm taking “Advocacy and Library Issues” with former CLA President, Wendy Newman, as a distance course this term. This is my first ever distance course (I took French 101 as a distance course back in 1993 or so but was in the classroom in front of the instructor while the other students were at sites […]
I’ve had a couple chances to plug my blog in front of the new semester of students in the last couple weeks (and have had a few compliments on the content from people who’d checked it out – thank you very much!) But obviously not everybody’s going to take the time to browse or search […]
With apologies to Billy Shakes for the paraphrase, I think this will be my “semester of disconnect” at FIMS. I've got two classes at Somerville House up in UGG-ville I've also got one evening class and one distance class so only need to be at the North Campus Building one day per week (in the […]
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 just surfing around aimlessly because Shea's at work and if I go home, er, I'd probably just be doing the same thing. Here's something fun I came […]
I mentioned in my last post that I might do a list of some reasons why a certain library system isn't one of my favourites. Jen's comment that she didn't mind this system inspired me to do that list now. So here's my list of some reasons why I'm not a fan of LPL:1. They […]
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 permission):* Instead of listing relevant courses you have taken in your resume, provide examples of projects you did in school.* Experience counts. Put down your volunteer experience […]
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. I honestly can't believe how fast the time has gone. In honour of that mini-milestone, here's another similar list: TEN THINGS I'VE LEARNED IN LIBRARY SCHOOL (SO […]
