Disclaimer: This post is an update of Tomissa Porath’s 2011 “Hack Your Program” review of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s MA Program in Library and Information Studies with an emphasis on the school’s distance program. A lot has changed at UW-Madison over the last 5 years, and this post will attempt to speak to those changes. …
This past summer, I took a Digital Collections Institute course. It was a one week, all day intensive course that delved into all aspects of the digital collections lifecycle, and touched on curation, crowdsourcing, digitization and collection maintenance. Going into this course, I expected to gain a greater understanding of the challenges that come with …
Each week, we reflect on the top articles, blog posts, tweets, news, thoughts, and other tidbits we’ve found interesting or useful. Enjoy! Des This week, the Atlantic reported on an amazing digital earchive from the Museum of Modern Art, with pictures of every show MoMA has exhibited since 1929. The collection is fascinating and well worth a look! …
This post was inspired by something that happened to me, but I hope to make it relevant and helpful to all of our amazing readers. (Thank you all for filling out our survey!) I also realize that I write this post as a mostly able-bodied, white, cis woman, and that my experience could be different …
Through generous professional funds offered in conjunction with my post as a resident librarian at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, I was able to attend the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) at its 2016 meeting in Columbus, Ohio. Here are a few tips about how to navigate IFLA. Networking ain’t cheap, …
When I started working in interlibrary loan two years ago, my experience with the system was limited to getting one book on vintage hairstyles through my public library and frantically requesting articles for impending papers during my undergraduate degree. As part of the application for the position, I had to write an essay on why …
Each week, we reflect on the top articles, blog posts, tweets, news, thoughts, and other tidbits we’ve found interesting or useful. Enjoy! Carissa In case you missed it, our new Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, was sworn in this week…and she has a Twitter account! Cover photo from JSMetcalf Photos on Flickr Commons. Licensed under CC 2.0.
I must confess, we weren’t entirely sure what would happen when we opened our ears to readers. Sometimes, blogging can feel a bit lackluster, a vain attempt to articulate some moot point into the void. Other times, self-expression taps into a collective experience and calls us to be better, braver, and more authentic in our …
Let’s start by acknowledging that this post isn’t going to yield any job offers—not for you and certainly not for me.
Each week, we reflect on the top articles, blog posts, tweets, news, thoughts, and other tidbits we’ve found interesting or useful. Enjoy! Jennifer – The Athens-Limestone Public Library was getting a lot of press this past week for threatening to enforce jail sentences for unpaid fines for lost library books. This situation raises a lot of …
I first became acquainted with Jan’s electric enthusiasm when I attended her presentation at last year’s Hawai’i Library Association conference, entitled “Making Connections for Network and Outreach.” I took frantic notes, hoping to someday achieve mastery of this topic, as I feel that making connections is perhaps our primary role as librarians within our communities. …
I guess that most people validate themselves professionally by the job opportunities they are offered. But pretty much anyone who’s ever applied for jobs has had to accept a fair amount of knock-backs on the path to securing a job. This can be really hard, and as Jasmine said in this earlier article you have to learn … Continue reading
Like some others this summer, I also completed a practicum experience for course credit in my program at Catholic University in Washington, DC. Having a vested interest in all things web and digital projects related, I decided to work for the Food Safety Research Information Office (FSRIO) of the National Agricultural Library, analyzing their website … Continue reading
Until this summer, I never struggled with feeling disconnected as a student or a professional. I chose an in-person LIS program for precisely this reason, and my public library job included plenty of social and professional interaction – so much so, that I didn’t even really notice I was getting it until suddenly, I wasn’t. … Continue reading
I recently had the chance to talk with Jessica Olin, an awesome librarian/blogger. You may have heard of her blog Letters to a Young Librarian (and if you haven’t, get on it!). Read on to hear her advice on library school, finding a job, and staying connected to the big issues! Continue reading
I attend a school of library and information science that has not been accredited by the American Library Association. Sources tend to agree: this fact makes me at best naïve, at worst unhirable—and a sucker either way. Maybe… Continue reading
Each week, we reflect on the top articles, blog posts, tweets, news, thoughts, and other tidbits we’ve found interesting or useful. Enjoy! Continue reading
