January 2015 marked one year since I interviewed for my job at UW. I realize now that I really haven’t ever talked about my job hunt experience beyond what I wrote on Hack Library School (general overview about process + phone interview tips). When I was a library student I read a post by Robin Camille about her… Continue reading my job hunt: library school prep [pt. 1]
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Kinsey Institute Book Sale
My love of book sales has crept onto this blog not one but two times now–and this post makes it three. Now that I’m working at the Kinsey, going to its book sale is especially fun. Naturally I came home with plenty of treasures: two bagfuls of books for $12.75! I mostly left with pulp… Continue reading Kinsey Institute Book Sale
Indianapolis Art Museum Library & Archive
Last Friday I attended an Indiana Special Libraries Association event held at the Indianapolis Art Museum. The event consisted of a tour of the IMA library and archives followed by a meeting with SLA president Brent Mai. Unfortunately, since the meeting was already 45 minutes behind schedule by the time it was set to begin I… Continue reading Indianapolis Art Museum Library & Archive
Saying Goodbye to the Lilly (For Now)
Last Friday was my last day at the Lilly in the position of Reference Attendant, which I’ve held since I first came to Bloomington. Because of my time-consuming internship this summer, I just wasn’t able to maintain each of my jobs and decided that I was in a good place to leave the Lilly since… Continue reading Saying Goodbye to the Lilly (For Now)
On Falling Prey to Yet Another Book Sale
This weekend at Wells Library, the Indiana University Library Association held its annual book sale. Being altogether too aware of the hoarding-inducing effect these sales have on me, I opted to wait until this afternoon, when books would be sold for $2 a bag. I figured that way, my accumulations might be the same in… Continue reading On Falling Prey to Yet Another Book Sale
Either Hello Spring or Hello Frenzy of Constant Activity. You Pick.
Hello blog friends! It’s been awhile. These days I haven’t been doing a lot of blogging–though, if you haven’t seen it already, I did co-write a post on digital humanities courses with Barbarajean Majewski at HackLibSchool recently. Beyond that, I’ve been steadily attacking the growing pile of work that’s in front of me. With only FIVE weeks… Continue reading Either Hello Spring or Hello Frenzy of Constant Activity. You Pick.
Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, revisited
It feels as though it has been ages since I wrote about how things are going with the reorganization of the local Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center library. Life got a little hectic toward the end of the fall semester, so Courtney and I hadn’t gotten to the TMBCC as often as we’d hoped to. I… Continue reading Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center, revisited
Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center: Week 1
I am writing this post to mark some exciting news: Courtney and I have undertaken a brand new volunteer project! Drumroll, please… We will be evaluating and organizing materials found within Bloomington’s Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center library! When I first met Courtney, she mentioned the fact that she was hoping to volunteer to help organize… Continue reading Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center: Week 1
So it Goes (at the Lilly)
Working at the Lilly Library provides a different experience each day. From my vantage point of the front desk, I observe the amount of activity in the gallery ebb and flow. Staff swap out exhibits, carrying large glass cases back and forth. Patrons’ rubber-soled shoes squeak on the wood floor as they peer into cases.… Continue reading So it Goes (at the Lilly)
LIfe in SLIS and Bloomington
I can’t think of an easy way to pick up blogging again after a summer off, but here we go–I’ll just jump right in! I am now in Bloomington, IN, just beginning the third week of my graduate program at the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science. The fact that I am an… Continue reading LIfe in SLIS and Bloomington