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Learning Something New
I have long believed that life is for learning, and that it is indeed possible to “learn something new every day.” After running my own business for over ten years, though, I found myself yearning to...
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Preparing for Graduate School
The past few weeks have reminded me that the experience of beginning graduate school is much like starting at any other new school no matter what the grade. There have certainly been moments over the...
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Preparing for a Poster Session
Chicago Lakefront (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For the past few weeks I have been hard at work with my colleague on creating a poster for our upcoming poster session at ALA Annual in Chicago. While...
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Discovering Library-Related Podcasts
Photo credit: Jayeb333 After noticing a podcasting giveaway at ALA Annual in Anaheim, I decided to look for some library-related podcasts to listen to while driving from home into town. (Keep in mind I...
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Reflecting on Reference
English: Ballard Carnegie Library checkout desk, ca 1907. Source http://bit.ly/SVTjrH Via the Seattle Public Library and Ballard Historical Society. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Returning to graduate...
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Midterms, food poisoning, and finals, oh my!
I had a plan. I always have a plan, but sometimes the plans life has for me are different than the plans I had in mind. I was reminded of this on the day of my computing midterm. Not only was the...
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New mental pathways
Recently I realized how much library school is changing my life in unexpected ways. Neurons in the brain – illustration (Photo credit: Rebecca-Lee) Now I go to the grocery store, pick up some Draino,...
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Attending ACRL for the first time
As a rather busy grad student, I wasn’t even sure I wanted to attend ACRL 2013, but my advisor highly recommended the conference. So I registered, drove six hours in my car (thankfully accompanied by a...
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