As I gear up for my last full week of classes at Drexel with tests, projects, and discussion posts in my future, my cap and gown are ordered, and I’m finalizing travel plans for graduation in Philly. It’s easy to get caught up in school, but life is about more than grades and work. No matter how much you love your classes, or your job, your friends and family are an important part of enjoying life. So today I’m taking a break to spend a day with them.
In that spirit, here is my personal recipe for guacamole 
A Double Batch of Kiyomi's Guacamole
Kiyomi’s Guacamole
2 Lemons – Half and squeeze all juice into bowl.
2 Shallots – Minced
5 Cherry Tomatoes – Minced
2 Avocados – Mix in and mash.
Add Seasoned Salt to taste and enjoy!
To everyone who has already graduated: Congratulations!
To those still attending class: Good luck as you finish your classes!
See you after the 12th of June!
~Kiyomi
Happy 101
Back in January Library Scenester, aka Erin Dorney, gave me a Happy 101 Award. Thank you again Erin! Erin is a sweet, enthusiastic, and engaging blogger, and I recommend you check her out if you haven’t already. In addition to being a great person, Erin is the Outreach Librarian for the University of Pennsylvania, Millersville.
So, what is Happy 101?
Happy 101 is an Internet meme, and if you trace it backwards you’ll see it has passed through many different types of blogs, but I’ll let you discover exactly what types of blogs for yourself. Meme’s work by having you do something, linking back to the person who tagged you, and then tagging others to do the same. In this case you share ten things that have made you happy, and ten bloggers who you enjoy.
Please feel free to continue this meme, or not, with no pressure from me either way; apologies to all the great bloggers out there who aren’t covered in Erin’s or my list.
Ten things that have made me happy:
- My husband Jeff, he can always make me laugh.
- Green tea, Genmaicha by preference, or any other unsweetened Japanese green tea blend.
- Starting my last quarter at Drexel (although I’ll be sad to go, it’s been a lot of fun!)
- Weeding the things we (my husband & I) own, and being able to donate really nice things to charitable thrifts. It reduced clutter, helped people in need, and reduced waste.
- The constant support and encouragement of mentors like Jodye Selco, Missy Harvey, Harvey Brenneise, Mark Puente, Megan Perez, and the list goes on. Thank you all.
- My future sister in-law, she has a great sense of humor
- Working with the other members of the Residency Interest Group, they are interesting, dedicated, and dynamic individuals.
- Seeing the spring flowers, bunnies and squirrels twice a week when I go to my internship (botanic garden).
- Planning my trip to Drexel’s graduation in June followed by a tour of the New England states to see friends and family ending at ALA Annual in D.C.
- Taking a day to read sci-fi and fantasy novels right before this quarter started.
Ten bloggers I enjoy (I’m deliberately not repeating anyone Erin mentioned.):
- Stephen Abrams @ Stephen’s Lighthouse
- John Dupuis @ Confessions of a Science Librarian
- Stephen Fry @ The New Adventures of Stephen Fry
- Futurity.org
- Tim Jones @ Zoonomian
- Andrew Maynard @ 2020Science
- Michael Stephens @ Tame the Web
- Towson’s Emerging Technologies Librarians (Carrie Bertling, David Dahl, Carissa Tomlinson) @ Library Tech Talk
- Laurel Tarulli @ The Cataloging Librarian
- Beth Williams @ Going Green @Your Library
And as an Easter Egg for those of you who read this far, I just thought I’d mention that I’ve added several more resources to the General Reference section of the site which may be of use and interest to those interested in science, or just looking for a few more library centric resources.
As promised, here are my picks for library job listings. Please note that this list is geared toward corporate and academic librarianship, although, some public and school library jobs are also posted to these lists. This list of job sources is by no means comprehensive; you should also subscribe to mailing list in your field of interest, search local library association websites, and search for websites dedicated to jobs in the area you are interested in. Topics of job websites range from USA government employee, Higher Education, School (k-12), Information Specialist/Services, to International Jobs.
Things you should keep in mind:
- Preferred is not the same as Required, if you meet the Required qualifications and have some of the Preferred go ahead and apply. The more skills that are asked for in the Preferred section the less likely it is that someone has all of them, be willing to learn the ones you don’t have and you could land yourself a job.
- I realize that some people have obligations which do not allow them to move, however, being willing to move for a new job gives you a much larger job pool to draw from. Think about what is more important to you, having a job you could love long term or staying within a specific geographic area.
- If you are willing to move for a job start going through your possessions now. You own more stuff than you think you do, and time may be limited when it’s time to move. The more you have sorted, donated, and given away the easier it will be when the time comes.
- If you follow all of these job feeds you will see a few duplicates and triplicates from time to time. This is to be expected, the majority of the jobs are not double posted.
- Do not ever do the final proof of your cover letter yourself. Find a professor, or someone who has been in the profession for a while who has experience hiring, to do the final read through. Not only will this improve your letter significantly, but you will learn things from their corrections that you can apply to the next letter that you write.
Job Lists
Library Staffing Companies:
Lastly I’d like to mention ACRL’s Residency Interest Group (RIG) webpage. RIG not only posts news about current and former residents, we also post residency position openings. There is no other place where residency information is compiled on the web. Check us out and consider a library residency.
http://acrl.ala.org/residency/
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