Archive for December, 2007
Superbibliodigital: On Vacation
Hi!
I graduate with my MLS this weekend and have an awesome job as a Catalog Librarian with the Appleton Public Library
I moved into a new apartment and will not have the Internet for a while
So my blog posts will be extremely limited from now leading up to Christmas… But I will [...]
Launch your Travel-Writing Career in 2008
To celebrate its 10th Anniversary issue, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel magazine is asking readers to submit their own travel articles. Topics for these articles include “local restaurants”, “best of your hometown”, “25 reasons you love NYC”, and more. I will now be sending my holiday cards and my travel articles out this week! If you [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Fun Travel Sites
I have done a lot of traveling around Europe, which is why I am really looking forward to seeing more of our most beautiful 50 states of the USA beginning in 2008. So far I have nothing planned (due to my fabulous new job!), but I hope to attend the Public Library Association [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Read! Read! Read!
Last week, the National Endowment for the Arts published its report entitled To Read or Not to Read: A Question of National Consequence. Overall, I am really happy with the report. At last, a glamorized portrayal of reading and all of its potential benefits. Reading can improve your career, your health, and your general well-being. I especially enjoy [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Information Literacy + Research
Information Literacy diagram by Karin Dalziel
During my work as an Information Literacy department assistant, I was asked to research Information Literacy sites managed by academic libraries.
Here is my university’s Information Literacy page:
UW-Madison Libraries: Learn to Find, Access, and Manage Information
I found several marvelous websites that serve as a great resource for learning how to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Finding a Job: LIS Employment Sites & Resources
It’s never too late (or too early) to work in a library! A few employment websites are listed below:
ALA Career Leads Online
JINFO: Jobs in Information
Jobs for Information Professionals
Jobs in Library & Information Technology
Libjobs.com
MeL: Best of the Web
Employment Firms:
C. Berger Group (CBG)
InfoCurrent
Library Associates
Source:
Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians & Other Information Professionals
By: [...]
The Library: Our 8th Wonder of the World?
Libraries have taken on so many different roles during recent years to remain an information destination for the community. What recent innovations in library design trends and services have you observed? One example is the Southern California’s Huntington Library, which will open one of the nation’s largest Chinese Gardens in February of 2008.
Has the [...]
Books in LibraryLand: Designing Policies and Places
In his article “Cell Phones in the Stacks” (American Libraries, June/July 2003, vol. 34 issue 6, pg. 68) Michael Knecht poses the question: “What can be done to preserve a quality library atmosphere?”
(Jean Tate Hiebert presents a related article describing the difficulties libraries face in developing cell phone use policies: “A New Kind of Weeding: [...]
