Dawn ,'Storyteller'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
In my childhood, libraries were a refuge, and I idealized the people that worked there. But, as I grew up and started working in libraries, first as a volunteer, and than in college as an employee, I became aware that there was a lot more to the profession than just reading and recommending books all day long.
Kathy, YAY for library school! I like the new opening paragraph, though
and than in college
it should be then, not than.
Oh, I haven't been watching FX so I haven't seen any promos!
Thanks! Yeah, I did a very thorough proofread of that essay after posting it here--that wasn't the only mistake (using "that" for people? Wrong, it's "who"!) that I caught.
I've got all the essays in except for my interview one. I still have to do the damn interview--my subject, a friend who's the head of the county law library, is at work today (of course!), but I'm going to try and catch him towards the end of the workday. If it's still a bad time, I'll see if he's free tonight for five minutes on the phone. I have my questions written down, and it's only got to be a 500-700 word essay, so it won't take too long to write up. As long as I get it in tonight, I'll be set! (Procrastinator? Moi??)
The Air Down There. That woman is...well, it's the sort of writing I've come to file as humourous or tongue in cheek not through any virtue of the prose styling at all, but just because why bother being so snippy and pissed off about something so irrelevant.
I can honestly say that as long as I don't have unplanned exposure to your vay jay jay in any sense, I don't care if you're wearing panties or not. Also, the back is totally an erogenous zone. So there.
I think all this day is missing is a kitchen sink flying at my head.
That's not a suggestion, by the way.
Make sure you can duck, sarameg!
I've got all the essays in except for my interview one. I still have to do the damn interview--my subject, a friend who's the head of the county law library, is at work today (of course!), but I'm going to try and catch him towards the end of the workday. If it's still a bad time, I'll see if he's free tonight for five minutes on the phone. I have my questions written down, and it's only got to be a 500-700 word essay, so it won't take too long to write up. As long as I get it in tonight, I'll be set! (Procrastinator? Moi??)
Your application process seems much more in depth than I remember mine being.
U of Illinois' MLS application is the usual paperwork crap (name, address, blahblahblah), can you communicate in any languages, was your undergrad gpa over 3.0--if not, we need a GRE, three recommendations, any transcripts, your resume, personal essay, and interview essay. Oh, and $50.
This is what they want from the interview essay:
Interview Essay: Visit a library, community network, corporate information center, or other setting that employs information professionals (except your current place of employment). Interview a staff member to identify the three most significant issues related to information services in this setting. NOTE: Students applying to the K-12 program must conduct the interview with a K-12 librarian. Write a 500-700 word essay, discussing what you learned, including: What questions did you ask? Did you learn anything unexpected? Anything that changed your view of the library and information science profession? How do you think your educational experience at GSLIS might prepare you to address the issues you identified?
I've got a list of questions (typical patron, typical day, typically-used sources, unusual requests, ususual sources, what educational background do your employees have, what did you learn in your MLS classes that you use most/least, continuing education, biggest changes in field, most important issues currently) that should get me the word count they want.
If you can't get in touch with your friend by tonight, I could probably pinch hit for you.