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5: Reference: The Chase Calendar, Pyramids of Sandwiches, and the Fear of Public Speaking

My reference class was a morality tale on adult education. I had one general reference class and it was taught by a local library director. She was so dedicated, so knowledgeable, so wise, so hardworking, and so kind, that I feel affection for her to this day. She brought tome after tome after tome ofContinueContinue reading “5: Reference: The Chase Calendar, Pyramids of Sandwiches, and the Fear of Public Speaking”

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”