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The Fly-in Librarian
Welcome! I started this blog as an opportunity to share ideas, and to act as a digital portfolio for the coursework that I am doing as part of the Library and Information Science Master’s Degree (MLIS) program with Syracuse University’s iSchool. I have been flying since 2003, finished my B.A. in French in 2006, B.Ed.…
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LAMS: Final Paper
It’s been awhile since I last posted anything. Apparently working full-time, managing the social and extra-curricular lives of a small band of pirates (aka the minions), spending time with HWIMH, and going to school is apparently a lot? During the Fall 2023 school term, I took IST 715: LAMS – Libraries, Archives, and Museums as part…
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Co-Operative Collection Development
I had the opportunity this term to explore Co-operative Collection Development (CCD) through IST 635 Collection Development and Access as part of the MLIS coursework of Syracuse University’s MLIS program. Much of the literature on CCD focuses on academic libraries and over the next while I plan to explore the topic further from a public…
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If at first you don’t succeed… Adventures in Program Prototypes
One of the great things about being a library programmer is that I get to decide on the regional offerings of our library system. This week involved inspiration from YouTuber Steve Mould and in particular his video “pop pop boats are weirder than you think” where he goes through the science behind the steam powered…
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Conference time!
It has been a long two years, and probably longer since I had the opportunity to actively participate in-person at a professional conference. Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in the Saskatchewan Libraries Association 2022 conference Libraries Rise Above in Regina, SK. What I had not anticipated when I applied to be a poster…
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Social Model of Disability
This presentation is a work in progress, just like society and how we interact together. The original presentation was submitted as part of the Syracuse University onilne IST 564 Accessible Libraries and Information Centres course, Spring 2022.
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Leadership Communication
The coursework for IST 614 Management for Information Professionals included an independent research project in which I chose to explore leadership communication. The final paper is attached here, and acts as the companion to the poster presentation “Leadership Communication in Times of Crisis: Comparing Theory with Practice” as presented at the 2022 Saskatchewan Libraries Conference Libraries…
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Library of Things
The final project for IST 616 Information Resources: Organization and Access involved writing a cataloguing policy, and creating MARC and RDA records for our fictional library. As a group project, this assignment was a great opportunity to experience drafting policies with others and delegating work according to the strategic needs and individual skills sets. Our…