on Looking back on this internship as a whole, I am exceedingly glad that I submitted an application for it on a whim, just over a year ago. When I was helping interview one of the candidates for next year’s internship, they asked me what one good thing I didn’t expect was, and after a moment… Continue Reading Spring Blog Post 3
on One of the reasons that my term in Access Services has been so useful as a part of this internship is precisely because it’s the department I knew the most about from the start. I think that is fairly common, since circulation is such a central part of most libraries, both academic and public, as… Continue Reading Spring Blog Post 2
on The library I worked at from 2016 to this past summer recently changed from issuing fines to going fine free. As such, my interest was piqued when I watched “Eliminating Library Fines: Improving Community Access, Equity and Usage”, especially because I returned to work at the Ilsley after this decision had already been made, and… Continue Reading Spring Blog Post 1
on Think about all we covered during this term in Reference & Instruction and Special Collections. What stands out to you as most valuable for you as you consider your interest in libraries and work (of any kind) you may do in the future? What learning or skills will you take with you as you continue… Continue Reading Winter Blog Post 3
on Write a reflection on Special Collections pop-up exhibits! It’s been very fun exploring Special Collections to find items that will fit the theme of “all around the world”. The article “Use of Special Collections as an Opportunity for Outreach in the Academic Library” by Valerie A. Harris and Ann C. Weller says that, “Outreach projects… Continue Reading Winter Blog Post 2
on What does it mean to be a teaching library from the Reference & Instruction perspective? How do your experiences thus far, the readings, and tasks inform your sense of a library that participates in the teaching mission of the college? Many of the readings I’ve done thus far have been centered on what the individual… Continue Reading Winter Blog Post 1
on My time in E-Resources in both 5th and 6th ended up coming at a serendipitous time, since I had already been talking more about online access to both books and articles with my comps fast approaching in winter term. I certainly had never realized how much work it was to balance and maintain access to… Continue Reading Fall Blog Post 3: Access & E-Resources
on One interesting thing in the readings for this week that connected back to the time I spent in Technical Services is the concept of designing for the user in Archives. Because the breadth of types of objects in the Archives is so broad, it seems extremely pertinent to question how much detail is necessary for… Continue Reading Fall Blog Post 2: Archives
on If you’d asked me two weeks ago about ethics in cataloging, I don’t think I even would have been able to give a comprehensive definition of what cataloging was, let alone why an ethical approach is so important. But through working with Katie and Hsianghui, as well as some interesting reading, I feel as if I… Continue Reading Fall Blog Post 1: Ethics in Cataloging