Recently a panel of Catholic University of America faculty and department affiliates interviewed me as a part of a scholarship application process. They were very intrigued about my affiliation with Hack Library School, and asked me numerous questions about how I joined up, why, and what we are all talking about. When it came time … Continue reading
The thing about 2 years in graduate school is that there is an artificial ending built into the system, graduation. I graduated this May, passed the torch of Community Manager on, and got a job. I actually started a couple days ago. If anyone is a reader of HLS and knows my “work,” you’ll know that … Continue reading
Library school can seem very short. My personal experience was four semesters and a summer internship. Such a short time span doesn’t leave much room for all the classes, conferences, jobs, networking, and all the other forms of professional development you want for your career. So we all learn to budget our time, right? We … Continue reading
Less than four months into my MLIS, I have already become immersed in the library world within academia. Not only do I wish to be an academic librarian after I graduate, but being in a library program, working within an academic library, and doing service work in library-related activities has basically taken over my being. … Continue reading
Here at HLS we love reflection pieces; we have plenty written after symposiums, conferences, and after our time in library school. To build off the incredible post in honor of LIS Mental Health week, I will put in that calm self-reflection can be a great aid to a stressed out brain. You should totally do … Continue reading
Paul Lai, HLS alumnus, works as a manager of information resources for an online university’s writing center and as a librarian in a public library. He lives in the Twin Cities, Minnesota with his partner and their dog Giles. He tweets sporadically: @pylduck. Continue reading
