I presented my 697 Individual Study findings to the 501 class on Tuesday and it went pretty well. There were lots of questions and class interaction at the end which I always think is a good thing. Some of the non-501'ers who came out to support me (Sabina, Linda, Tami) said I did a good […]
The co-op placements were announced yesterday and it sounds like a lot of people got their first picks so that's awesome! A big Classmate of the Day to everybody going on co-op. It's going to be weird next semester with the majority of my cohort gone and doubly so because I'll be gone by the […]
This is all over the web today – I saw it on Boing Boing this morning and Metafilter tonight (which was cited as being found on Digg.) Here’s the Top 5: 1. Reclaim the term ‘hacker’. If you tinker with electronics, you are a hacker. If you use things in more ways than intended by […]
Instant MessagingI am back on instant messaging. After using IM quite a bit in the heyday of ICQ, I got away from it for a variety of reasons (no friends mainly ) but after being asked for my MSN info by a colleague today (and also attempting to do a virtual reference exercise last week […]
– basic/basically – hopefully – information– interesting– maybe– probably– usefulI can be a decent writer sometimes but man, those crutch words will kill a paper! On the other hand, there are some words and phrases I should use more in library school…– cutter– fake drool– “Go Google yourself!” – “Is Dilbert a scholarly source? Sure…”– […]
Don't you love misleading titles for blog posts? “Bonding With Your Classmates in Library School” would've probably been more accurate (but what fun would that be?) I wanted to record some of the things that our cohort has done (and things I've heard of other cohorts doing) that helped us bond and become a fairly […]
I'm creating a playlist of songs that have some connection to SW Ontario, preferably by specific name checks of locations in the title of the song but also by subject matter, artist residency or other similar factors. Here's what I've got so far…“Linda, Put the Coffee On” – Ray Materick “Tillsonburg” – Stompin' Tom Connors“Wreck […]
Now that I'm a cagey veteran library student with a whole semester under my belt (well, two days from now), I thought I would pass along some of the wisdom (as opposed to data, information or knowledge) that I've picked up in the last fourteen weeks. Ten Tips For New Library Students in UWO's FIMS […]
