As I mentioned in my first #libday5 post, I am a graduate student, and I’m not taking any summer classes. I somehow managed to end up with three summer jobs, which is a record for me. The jobs are: I’m a student assistant in the Information Services department of Gorgas Library at the University of Alabama, [...]

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Ever since Library Day in the Life / Round 5 began on Monday, I’ve wanted to contribute something meaningful to the discussion. Library Day in the Life can be encapsulated in this tweet by Bobbi Newman, who started this event back in 2008: “non-library followers – what is #libday5 ? A world wide initiative for [...]

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While this wasn’t necessarily my original intention, I’ve been giving out a lot of advice to library school students on this blog. I’ve been in my program since January 2009, so I feel somewhat qualified to make suggestions about things I have learned throughout the journey. Please note: some of these things have been learned [...]

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Trying to catch up on three jobs after traveling twice in one month is not an easy task. I am thankful for my all of my bosses’ flexibility with my hours, and their patience in catching up on the work I left behind. I’m doing a pretty good job so far and I’m not feeling [...]

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Sorry for the delay with the Part 2 post – I got slightly distracted by the 4th of July weekend (mmm…patriotic pie). There are a lot of good librarian posts out there with impressions about/tips for ALA, and I might reiterate some of those tips, but for the most part I’m interested in reaching out [...]

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ALA 2010 continued my tradition of excellent first-timer conference experiences. I was so excited that the conference was in Washington, DC — a. because I had never been, and b. I had a friend from undergrad to stay with (for free) who I hadn’t seen in 3 years. ALA is a HUGE conference, however, and [...]

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So I just spent my first day in DC for ALA, although the conference part won’t really start for me until tomorrow. I am currently without my laptop, so I won’t be updating about ALA until I get back next Wednesday. I just wanted to write a short note to let you know that Elizabeth at [...]

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I apologize for the length of the last post, and what is sure to be another one, but so much can be said about library conferences. I took many more notes than I wrote in the blog, but I thought I would spare you (and there are far more articulate session bloggers with excellent recaps). [...]

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SLA 2010 in New Orleans was a wonderful first conference for me. It was mostly all in one place, so it wasn’t too overwhelming (although choosing between one session over another was). I talked to more people than I would’ve imagined. I don’t want to go into every detail of every session, since I am [...]

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I’m gearing up to attend my first national library conference, the Special Libraries Association conference, on Sunday. I recently became president of the UA SLIS Student Chapter of SLA, so I am excited about meeting information professionals from all over the world and benefiting from their knowledge of special libraries (and much, much more!). I [...]

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