Monthly Archives: December 2009

5 Days in Library Land: Day Five, Reflections

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Kiyomi

A year ago I was the quality control manager at an environmental testing laboratory, and I had just received my acceptance letter for Drexel’s MLIS program.  I’d always known that I wanted to earn at least one advanced degree, and … Continue reading →

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5 Days of Library Land: Day Four, You Want Me To Catalog What?

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Kiyomi

One thing that there wasn’t much time devoted to in my basic cataloging course was Foreign Language material cataloging.  I took 4 years of German in high school, and a semester of German 3 in college, I’ve dealt with a … Continue reading →

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5 Days in Library Land: Day Three, Literacy & Science

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Kiyomi

A large part of literacy instruction is explaining the resources available, one of the ongoing debates in the scientific community, and the library community, about how scientists should and will be communicating and sharing information in the future. Literacy Instruction … Continue reading →

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