Irony of Ironies

Massive amounts of time devoted to reading the author who inspired the title for this blog (in case you’ve lost track, that’s Melville and the title is ripped straight out of Moby Dick) and other general homework concerns have severely limited my contributions of late. In fact, I can’t even remember the last time I read someone else’s library blog, let alone updated my own. I’m joyfully up to my neck in English classes. Still, I’ve got to keep in mind that the library world is where I want to be headed before too long and not lose too much track of it.

So let’s see… Last week, my research methods class had its library session. Even though I wasn’t the one leading it this time, it was very gratifying to see how grateful everyone was for having the mysteries of JSTOR, LION, and remote proxy log-in explained. They probably would have muddled through without being aware of these types of tools, but I like to think that now that they know things will go just a bit more smoothly for them during the rest of their graduate studies.

As for us interns, we keep on keeping on in collection development. One of my friends has recently started his job search in anticipation of completing the MLIS in the spring semester. It’s sometimes hard to believe that I’ll be following in his footsteps in not very long. To that end, even if I’m not devoting most of my studying time to library topics this semester, I have started the process of resume building by volunteering for an ALA committee and the strategic planning committee at my library. I know that some type of article should be a goal before too long, but that seems like a lot to take on at the same time as I try to generate portfolios for my MFA workshops. Deep breath–one goal at a time!