on What does critical cataloging mean to you? In what ways is cataloging important to the user? Critical cataloging sheds a light on the current drawbacks of cataloging that exist due to a history of oppression and the use of outdated prejudiced language in aspects of cataloging such as subject headings. As I discussed in last… Continue Reading Fall 2022 Blog Post 2
on Reflect on your time so far in RADS. What has been interesting or surprising? What do you think is the role of young adult literature in a college library? I wasn’t sure what to expect when I began working in RADS, especially as I wasn’t even sure what was meant by “resource acquisition and discovery”,… Continue Reading Fall 2022 Blog Post 1
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