Last Friday I finished up a freelance project that lead me to daydream about Iowa’s mid-19th century railroad schemes. I followed up on an ad circulated through our department’s listserv to make contact with an independent researcher out of Missouri.…
PDF viewable/downloadable here. To follow up on previous diversity discussions, people of color comprise 16%* of librarians (9% Black, 5% Latino, and 2% Asian). Regarding gender, 83% of librarians are women, and with MLS enrollment at 81% women, the trend…
Last night I finished Siva Vaidhyanathan’s Googlization of Everything, and rather than being scared away from customized search after reading the book, I find I am more drawn to it, especially when thinking about how to improve search for academic libraries.
Great video by a SLIS student at Syracuse, Dan Enders. Thirty-second answer to “Why does one need a master’s degree to become a librarian?” is proposed at minute 2:20. Enders addresses the question from a school media and teacher-librarian perspective.…
I wish I was about to have my Goonies moment, one where I make an impassioned speech to fellow LIS students about how this is our time. How we need to advocate for this profession by making change happen, deciding…
The following book review was turned in for an assignment in my Research Methods class. We were required to choose a book that required intensive research in its development process. I chose Sherry Turkle’s Alone Together: Why We Expect More…
When I hear people use the term “diversity,” I first hear an attempt to discuss race without knowing what words everyone in the room is comfortable hearing. Depending on the point an individual is trying to make, I then hear…
Get up early, you’ll thank yourself for it. Best thing I did to start my week out right was to get out of bed early despite how bad my aching throat and lungs wanted me to continue sleeping. I am…
Second semester of my LIS program is well under way, and with two weeks to go until midterms, I feel like I’ve finally got a plate full enough to feast off of. For the past month, I’ve only been working…
Trying something different gives you new respect for the old while opening up possibilities. Today’s application of that was returning to the elliptical after a much-treadmilled absence, with the addition of upper body exercises while on the machine. How will…