I’m wrapping up my second draft of my IOP for INFO 5200 this week. (That’s the second part of my Information Organization Project, for non-UNT folks.) It’s a project that we work on all semester, to show mastery of the ALA’s 3rd core competence for librarians: Organization of Recorded Knowledge Read more…
Thinking back to our institute for INFO 5000, I remember being particularly daunted by the idea of our term paper and doing a literature review. When I did my previous M.A. in literature, I had not done such research, and I was hesitant about how I’d even begin to tackle Read more…
Since I started my internship at SMU and my classes at UNT at the same time, I had a steeper learning curve than my intern peers when it came to understanding how to answer questions at the reference desk. In addition, I’ve been working as a freelancer for more than Read more…
I have been working on websites for more than 15 years, and I’ve taught myself a great deal of content management through Googling for tips and tutorials. I consider myself fairly tech savvy when it comes to figuring out new software. But NVivo has bested me. Our job description assignment Read more…
It has been two weeks since I attended the day-long institutes at Denton for INFO 5000 and INFO 5600, and one month since I attended training for working the reference desk at Southern Methodist University’s Fondren Library. Today is my first day on the reference desk without a librarian behind Read more…