Blog Posts Across LIS Students

But barely. I realize I haven't posted in....forever, prior to leaving for my month-long study abroad trip to England I think. Wow. Sadly Ning has become more of a back-burner social networking site for me....among the ranks of facebook to me-- something I browse occasionally, and touch base every so often. I'm an avid myspacer though-- not entirely proud of that fact, it's just worked into my day like checking email. But I digress.

Well the big graduation date is December. I can't bel…

So this summer has already been a whirlwind, and it's about to get windier. (Is that a word?)

We've got a bunch of librarian openings at our library, which means I've been working extra hours. I've also been the lucky one to become the Children's alternate associate, which means I spend an awful lot of my time at the children's desk these days. I love it and it's great- but it is so exhausting when I get home. I had no idea that summer would be like this. Between SRP decorating, progra…

I've been holding this in for about a month now. But......

The Library that I work for and love with all of my heart won Thomson Gale and Library Journal's

2007 Library of the Year Award!!!!

I've had such a hard time harboring that secret from all of my library student friends! I'm terrible at keeping secrets!

Anyways, to find out more, pick up the 6/15/07 edition of Library Journal (great pictures in the print edition) or you can read the article online:

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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…

So now that school's "out" for summer....well actually until June11th, I started working on my portfolio. I'm using SeaMonkey to put it together- and I use updated web browsers, so when I'm working on it from home, well it looks fantastic.

Then I get to work and start looking at it and it looks like crap. This is because the fancy Futura Hv font I use doesn't show up in old IE browsers. I know I'll probably end up switching over to a new (not so fancy..booooo) font, but it's frustratin…

I have created Google Homepages for my mom and my dad. Providing tech support via telephone, my mom (who recently learned how to include attachments to email) now has a personalized Google homepage, complete with cat pictures of the day, the weather at home and where she typically vacations, etc.

Okay- yes I'm procrastinating again. I HAVE to work on this final assignment for my Preservation class today- it's my day off. But, when one wakes up at 6am on a Saturday, wha…

I know this is going to sound nutty, but for the past couple of weeks I'd been getting overwhelmed over the amount of information that's out there- that I want to read- and keep up with...and trying to figure out HOW to keep myself updated.

So I started with a del.icio.us account--a quick fix-- because I have a bad habit of Adding Favorites at home, then not being able to access them at work. So I did it. Eh....it's alright. I don't particularly like the way it's set up and there has t…