Tag: msls
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Library School Day in the Life 2013: Tuesday – Friday
I am documenting my life for Hack Library School’s Library Student Day in the Life. For other great bloggers who are participating, check here. After I posted last Monday, I realized that midterms was absolutely the wrong time to try to blog every day! As much as I love sharing pieces of my life — especially for…
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Why I love interning at a public library
Because in one night I get to: Help with IRS paperwork Find The Road by Cormac McCarthy Weed the old books in the YA room Mark things as missing in Polaris Brainstorm a YA room display Help people find divorce forms online Schedule rooms for group study Troubleshoot a printer And then go show a film…
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MSLS Semester 1 Roundup
Well, it’s done folks. I’ve completed my first semester of graduate school! I thought it would be interesting to share what I’ve learned in my classes this semester and showcase a few of the projects I worked on: INLS 461: Information Tools This class covered Powerpoint, Document Markup, HTML, Basic CSS, Microsoft Access, and Omeka…
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Banned Books Week Is Here!
As a MSLS student, I am very rightfully enamored with the tradition of Banned Books Week. If you’re not familiar with the project, here’s a little blurb from the official website: Banned Books Week is the national book community’s annual celebration of the freedom to read. Hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw…
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Get Fired Up About Librarianship
This week in my INLS 513 (Collection Management) class we watched a really inspiring video about the mission of librarians. So much of what librarians do goes on behind the scenes so it’s easy for people to think that books are the only thing we do. The video proves that it is so much more!…
The Library of Alexandra 