Greetings! I’m now a few weeks into my second and final year of my LIS program, and I decided it’s high time I commit to this blog. And I really don’t have an excuse not to. I may be busy, but my view is that if you don’t have time for something you care about…then, well, you make time.
So, here’s what I’ve been up to over the last six months:
1. I completed a really rewarding e-learning project for my university’s engineering library. You know, to teach them that the library catalog and IEEE Explore are their friends. It’s 5 minutes long, and it includes a little quiz at the end. I even got in touch with my artistic side to create a pretty cool poster about it…
(Try and ignore the pink sign that looks like it’s poking out of the top of my head. And the terrible lighting.)
I’ll be talking about this tutorial, as part of a presentation on the library’s e-learning initiatives, with two of my colleagues at OLA’s 2015 Super Conference in January, which is really exciting! Stay tuned for more info. on that.
2. I coordinated a weeding project at a small science library. We got rid of 1,200 print items that either hadn’t circulated since 2000 or had never circulated at all. It’s a lot, considering how tiny the print collection is. Sadly, I didn’t take before and after photos. I wish you could see all the space we created.
3. I have the honour of being part of the first class of U of T’s Toronto Academic Library Internship (TALINT) program. I’m part of a team that’s working on overhauling the library catalog website, which is a really fun and intensive project. Expect pretty pictures come the launch this winter.
(A sample search with the keyword “Picasso” in the Cornell University Library catalog. So usable, I think I’m in love.)
So, what are some of the things that you can expect to hear me talk about over the next little while?
– Making the most of conferences
– Open Access Week
– Any big news in the Land of Books (because as much as I’m interested in the digital landscape, I’m also a bibliophile)
– Library websites, of course!
– And much more 🙂
And with that…happy Banned Books Week, my dear southern neighbours!
No Library is an Island 