Students in Library and Information Science (and recent grads and friends)
Vanessa Paige Nelson's Page
Profile Information
- School:
- University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science
- Web address:
- http://www.lis.uiuc.edu
- Expected graduation:
- December 2007
- Employer:
- Skadden Arps
- Favorite class:
- Community Information Systems
- Dream Job:
- Community Informatics, yo. Something involving creating and disseminating community info, public programming, and 8000 other things. Basically I want to work at the community center of the FUTURE! Or the now; just haven't found it yet.
- Tell us something about yourself:
- I love to cook and have parties. The party thing is actually more of a compulsion than a love. Sort of a fetish, if you will.
- Any other degrees?
- BS in Theatre - Acting
- Why did you choose library science?
- I love almost everything about it. Reading, digging up information, constantly learning, creating programs, and my newest interest, database and library instruction.
Vanessa Paige Nelson's Blog
Community Informatics Corps event
I'm in the Community Informatics Corps at UIUC GSLIS. I take classes at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center (PRCC) in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago because UIUC has a partnership with the center. UIUC students work with PRCC staff and volunteers on various projects related to LIS generally and community information systems more specifically. So, for example, over the last year UIUC students have been a part of the development of curriculum at Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School (an a
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