in my information retrieval class discussing different forms of truncation
“i had some embedded truncation during a movie last night.
i took a nap.”
funny and a good prof!
i love waking up in the morning to great items in my RSS aggregator. like this one, about LIS students:
We’ve begun to make it easier for change to come and for them to have a stronger voice in our march to freedom of information and enlightenment for all. We’d like to pick and choose among these new librarians, through our programs for “emerging” leaders and other institutionalized indoctrination. But they have already begun to organize themselves, singling out their own leaders and demanding of us only that same access to the profession that enabled us to make some of our future dreams into today’s realities.
I remember that future, and I remember how tough it was to convince those in charge that we would define it and lead it ourselves, not simply pay our dues and wait to be selected. If our profession is true to its history, we’ll leave its door ajar so those new librarians can, once again, march through and change librarianship.
it made my day/week/hell, year!
had some interesting chats with library muckety-mucks over the holidays, trying to figure out what people are looking for from recent LIS graduates.
from what i can tell it all boils down to one thing: professionalism.
this all sounds very basic but of the three muckety-mucks i spoke to, all mentioned that recent grads don’t seem to get that they are now starting their career, not another part-time “who cares?” gig, and should present themselves as such.
