Help For Those Who Panic
August 15th, 2006After being “immediately bored” after cracking open her library school introduction class text (and then almost panicing), Librarienne comes up with a great idea:
“So I decided that I needed to give myself something to keep nearby for those moments when I ask “Is this all there is?” which will probably happen quite often before this whole graduate school adventure is over. I need to write out my own personal reasons for studying library science, my own personal ideas of what I want to do when I’m done. Then, whenever I start to wonder if I’m in the right profession, I’ll look over my little manifesto and ask myself if it still applies and remind myself that libraries come in many, many different manifestations. Thus I will maintain some optimism.”
Very cool. Library schools definitely need to change more before they continue to bore more current and (worse) prospective students. I’m glad one program has figured out who to hire to get that job done.