Frack Yeah Library Science Lion

I want to go into library sciences. I really want to go into the archival field, but I'm still an undergrad and I have no idea which schools I want to go to. What are some good schools? Also should I volunteer at a library for my resume?

librarianrafia — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:42:00 -0500

I think volunteering is always great, not just for your resume, but so you can gain experience in the field and see what aspects of it you are interested in.

If you think you may also be interested in Library Science, you want to make sure you go to an ALA accredited school. LIS/Informational schools do not all have archival concentrations, so you also need to look for one that lists archives as one of the specializations you can have. I actually do not have much experience in the archival field, but my suggestion would be to find an I-School with an archival concentration (like this or this)

Looking at what professional organizations like SAA recommend will probably also be useful.

I hope this helps! Good luck!

libraryjournal: Yep. I did it. hee.

librarianrafia — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:24:51 -0500

libraryjournal:

Yep. I did it.

hee.

Hey, I'm about to graduate college (scary!) and I'm considering getting a MLIS. I'm a Lit/Creative Writing double major and would appreciate any advice you could offer!

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:26:52 -0500

Congratulations on graduating!!!!

Based on my experience, here are the things that you might want to look for:

Choose an ALA Accredited school
Choose a school with a strong internship program, or make sure you get a internship/job in a library while you are in school. (This helped me figure out if i was focusing on the kind of librarianship I actually wanted to do when I graduated.)
What kind of librarianship are you interested in? Do the schools you are looking at have a focus on that?

Do you want to work for a University, Public school, Public library or Corporate library?
Once you choose what kind of library you want to work in, what do you want to do in that library? Do you want to work with the public (so you might be a Reference, Instruction, Teen librarians, etc.) ? Do you want to work with resources (cataloging, electronic resources)

I hope this helps! Good luck!

[Picture: Background - a six piece pie style colour split,...

satsuyurami — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:08:58 -0500

[Picture: Background - a six piece pie style colour split, multi-colored. Foreground - a picture of an stone lion with glasses. Top text: “[AACR and DDC]” Bottom text: “[is our Bible]”]

[Picture: Background - a six piece pie style colour split,...

satsuyurami — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:23:35 -0500

[Picture: Background - a six piece pie style colour split, multi-colored. Foreground - a picture of an stone lion with glasses. Top text: “[Mistakenly write Chowdhury name]” Bottom text: “[As Cadbury]”]

[Picture: Background - a six piece pie style colour split,...

satsuyurami — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:50:57 -0500

[Picture: Background - a six piece pie style colour split, multi-colored. Foreground - a picture of an stone lion with glasses. Top text: “[Library is useless]” Bottom text: “[Explosive Rage]”]

Words can't describe how happy I am when i found a tumblr account for Library Science major :). This blog made my day :D

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:49:24 -0500

Thank you!

I don’t always hit on librarians [but when I do, I yell...

librarianrafia — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:59:19 -0600

I don’t always hit on librarians

[but when I do, I yell ‘books! ” at them]

informationscienceantelope: All the single records [If you...

librarianrafia — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:35:23 -0600

informationscienceantelope:

All the single records

[If you liked it, then you should have put metadata on it]

[Meet another dude studying library science,...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:52:27 -0600

[Meet another dude studying library science, LIBROFIST]

http://fyeahlibrarysciencelion.tumblr.com/

http://informationscienceantelope.tumblr.com/

nypl: Here’s a simple way to show you love your Library this...

librarianrafia — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:33:57 -0600

nypl:

Here’s a simple way to show you love your Library this Valentine’s Day… reblog our love-infused logo!

academiccoachtaylor: Academic Coach Taylor is frustrated with...

librarianrafia — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:00:19 -0600

academiccoachtaylor:

Academic Coach Taylor is frustrated with you.

please make more!!! it is such a good meme.. ;\

librarianrafia — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:04:00 -0600

Thank you! I will try to think of some new ones..but if anyone wants to submit some, that would be great!

Submission link

An annoyance

motesofstarlight — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:49:00 -0600

http://memegenerator.net/instance/12118584

[Picture: Background - a six piece pie style colour split, multi-colored. Foreground - a picture of an stone lion. Top text: ” [Shift several bookshelves to shelve one book] ” Bottom text: “ [Patrons take several books & can’t be bothered to squish the rest of the shelf together ] ”]

Submitted by motesofstarlight (& I do hope I did this properly!)

libraryjournal: Is there a Ryan Gosling for everyone? It...

librarianrafia — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:23:11 -0600

libraryjournal:

Is there a Ryan Gosling for everyone? It appears so. Now, at librarianheygirl, he’s schmoozing (well, we’d like to believe he is) all those Masters of Library (and Information) Science out there. Ryan Gosling never rests, ladies and gents.

it's weird because i submited you a meme some months ago and i've never seen it here...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:19:58 -0500

hmm. it may have been one of the ones where the image link was broken? i could not publish those…..

do you accept all kinds of memes? i mean, if you think a meme is too rude to post you just ignore it or do you post everything?

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:08:02 -0500

I have published almost everything that has been submitted…a few submissions, there must have been glitches, because there was no image.

Also, I am okay with snarky, but not mean, but i recognize that is totally different from person to person….but that has not really come up.

I started this tumblr on impulse a few months back…I am open to feedback!

Sad that Borders went out of business...

hipster--kitty-deactivated20120 — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:19:22 -0500

[Picture: Background - a six piece pie style colour split, multi-colored. Foreground - a picture of an stone lion. Top text: ”Sad that Borders went out of business” Bottom text: “But hey, at least their bookshelves went to a good home.”]

Last one for now.

[Picture: Background - a six piece pie style colour split, multi-colored. Foreground - a picture of...

hipster--kitty-deactivated20120 — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:28:00 -0500

[Picture: Background - a six piece pie style colour split, multi-colored. Foreground - a picture of an stone lion. Top text: ”Help child find a book” Bottom text: “Personal space invaded by short bear-hugging being”]

This Tumblr needs to be more active. Solution found: submit stuff!

”'Can you help me find a specific book?'

hipster--kitty-deactivated20120 — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:02:19 -0500

[Picture: Background - a six piece pie style colour split, multi-colored. Foreground - a picture of an stone lion. Top text: ”’Can you help me find a specific book?’ ‘Yes, what’s the title?’” Bottom text: “I don’t know, but the cover is red.”]