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Aug

How Did You Get Here? The Library Routes Project

Posted by Lauren  Published in Librarianship

I stumbled across the Library Routes Project after discovering Ned Potter‘s awesome blog, and saw an opportunity to reflect on my journey to Libraryland. Why library school? Why now? I’m not a professional yet, but I want to share my story so far (if you keep following this blog, you’ll know how the rest of [...]

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Tags: British Studies, Library Routes Project, library school, Libraryland, transliteracy

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Aug

Library (Student) Day in the Life, Part 2

Posted by Lauren  Published in Librarianship

A brief reminder: you can go to the Library Day in the Life wiki to read more blog posts from people sharing their work days! I am a MLIS Candidate at the University of Alabama, and not taking summer classes. Instead, I am working 3 summer jobs: a student assistant position in Information Services, Summer [...]

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Tags: ALISE, CTPD project, libday5, librarydayinthelife, reference desk

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