I’ve written two new pieces, but similar to before, they won’t feature on here. Instead, if you are interested in issues surrounding library advocacy in the academic environment, or intrigued by when and why people write about their library career background then I encourage you to head on over to read the June 2011 edition [...]
Posts Tagged ‘library school’
11 May
Learning From Librarianship
I’d like to highlight a few differences between the core skills needed to complete my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Hopefully this will demonstrate the skills needed to keep up to date in the profession, and how a professional qualification can help. Keep in mind I’m new to the profession, I’d be keen to know what [...]
16 Apr
Librarians? More interesting than campanology!
Why would someone study librarianship? Recently I was thinking about the many things that we have been told regarding library advocacy and defending the profession in the public sphere (see my recent post on Defending Librarianship). I was trying to think of a clear and succinct response to the commonly phrased question that a good [...]
5 Apr
The Benefits of Branching Out
After reading “Why should special librarians defend public librarians?” by @Woodsiegirl I started thinking about the interplay between special and public libraries and wanted to share my experiences of making module choices for my MA programme. Whilst I can no means claim to be any particular type of librarian or information professional, my interests have [...]
