Archive of Library school

Library School angst

on August 17th, 2005 in Favorite Posts, Library school, Michigan by | 26 Comments

Where O where should this nice person go to library school? I got this letter the other day: I was thinking about applying to the Library and Information Science program at Wayne State University here in Detroit and was wondering if you had an opinion on their program? I’d love…

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In which Metafilter links and I fret

on September 16th, 2003 in Cornell, Digital Library, information science, Ithaca, Library school, Linguistics, Michigan by | Comments Off

EEE! I’m quite excited about being linked on Metafilter, but was it just me, or did some snarky person imply that the name Librarian Avengers is a possessive plural? I’m so confused. There aren’t even any adjective-noun agreement issues, and hello, avengers serves as a collective noun anyway. It’s like…

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Field notes from the Rural Librarian

on August 6th, 2003 in Librarianship, Library school by | Comments Off

Note from my mother, the small town library director: “Well I just had my picture taken with a green bean and a carrot. They are running around promoting the farmer’s market that the community center is having. Another thing they didn’t tell you about in library school. I have a…

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Revolting Librarians Redux

on April 22nd, 2003 in Avenging, Books, Cornell, information science, Librarians in popular culture, Librarianship, Library school by | Comments Off

The section of the library dedicated to books on librarianship is located outside my office door. I thumbed through a few of them this morning. I was curious what a book on librarianship looked like, since I never really saw that many at “library school”. Most were from the 70s…

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Holi and Hanging Chads

on April 19th, 2003 in ALA, Cornell, Ithaca, Library school by | Comments Off

I am covered from fur to fingernails in colored dye-powder because it is the Hindu festival of Holi. My friend Clay & I partook of the cultural wackiness this afternoon on the Ivy League University (TM) campus. Colored dye-powder, I have discovered, does wonders for fine, bodiless hair. I looked…

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I graduated… where’s my houseboat?

on April 19th, 2003 in Career, Cornell, information science, Library school by | Comments Off

First of all, and lets just get this out of the way: a full-time job is actually a pretty shoddy reward for 2.5 years of graduate school stress. Yes, I’m grateful and all, glad to be here, nice to meet ya, etc. but frankly, I think I was looking for…

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