First word that I was heading into a hurricane came Thursday morning as I waited on my flight at Michigan’s Capital Region International Airport. “Don’t miss it!” the email exhorted. “Tomorrow’s conference will be held as scheduled in Disney Springs.” They assured us that all was well. I’d heard about a tropical storm developing onContinueContinue reading “Conference adventures at Disney Part 1 of 3”
Category Archives: Librarianship
When librarians #WFH
I started to work from home for an initial three week period on Monday, March 16. I’m setting out to continue to do my job with the same diligence, maintain a normal schedule, bouy myself and others with camaraderie, and create a sense of virtual normalcy. For instance: a colleague keeps a coffee pot inContinueContinue reading “When librarians #WFH”
4: Cataloging mischief and adjunct profs
My cataloging class was both the most challenging and the most entertaining course I took in graduate school. Don’t let anyone tell you that cataloging isn’t sexy, or fun! Anyone without a glimmer in their eye when they consider a MARC record is willfully avoiding the obvious. And it was taught by an adjunct prof.ContinueContinue reading “4: Cataloging mischief and adjunct profs”
3: Management II: First big lesson of library school
I did more than make friends during my Library Management course. I decided how to focus my attention. Because ivory towers are not real. Our first big assignment was to develop an enhancement to a library with a budget of $400,000, write a paper about it, and make a presentation. My group chose to addContinueContinue reading “3: Management II: First big lesson of library school”
2: Management I: Defeated by a book report
My first class in library school was Management. I was very excited. I was Going to Be a Librarian. The first assignment was a two-page report on a management title of our choice. Yes, a book report. I chose what I thought would be a profound and instructive text from the Harvard Business School. IContinueContinue reading “2: Management I: Defeated by a book report”
Library school diaries 1
Join me on a look back at my decision to return to school at 31 to get a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science at Wayne State University. I’ll also share a subsequent tale of high adventure: I survived a hurricane at Disney Springs. I’ll talk about the most important lessons I learned inContinueContinue reading “Library school diaries 1”
Radicals Become Librarians
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Welcome to Sonya Schryer Norris, author of the Katherine Philips research blog series with a new guest post. Radicals Become Librariansby Sonya Schryer Norris Photo by Sasha • Stories on Unsplash In 1991, during my sophomore year of college at Michigan State, I planned to live on a commune after graduation. We’d count…
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