Hello, blogosphere. It seems I have neglected you again.  I’ve really packed my schedule full this semester – two student jobs, an internship in another city, two classes, my Student SLA duties, extracurricular writing and presenting – it’s been quite exhausting. I like being busy, and this semester I am particularly happy with my choices. [...]

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This post is about a week overdue, but I have really been going nonstop lately! I wanted to write about my experience at this conference by listing what I liked about the conference, a few take-aways, and some advice for library school students. I don’t plan to recap, since MSU librarians have done that beautifully [...]

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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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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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