on The last few weeks I’ve been wrapping up my time in the RADS department here in the Libe. There was a pretty noticeable shift between the first half of my time here and the second half, both in terms of my schedule and in how I viewed my place in the department. In the first… Continue Reading Fall 2023 Blog Post 2
on What are some highlights of your work in RADS so far? What have you learned that has surprised you? What have you learned that confirms what you previously knew? What are you hoping to learn more about in RADS during the rest of the term? The last five weeks working with RADS have been a… Continue Reading Fall 2023 Blog Post 1
on I have had such a fulfilling and rewarding experience work at Gould Library this year! I learned so much about the different departments and feel prepared to pursue a career in librarianship after this internship. One of my favorite aspects of the internship was the YA collection. I got to both see through its creation… Continue Reading Spring 2023 Final Blog Post
on You’ve been called in as a consultant on the development of a library instruction program for a new school. How would you set to work advising the library staff as someone familiar with Carleton’s reference and instruction program? What information would you want to collect, what goals might you suggest, what kinds of services —… Continue Reading Winter 2023 Blog Post 3
on Write a reflection on your observation of course instruction! While I had experienced library course instruction from the student side before in several of my linguistics and cognitive science classes, prior to last week I had neither had a class in special collections nor library instruction in that area. It was very interesting to see how the… Continue Reading Winter 2023 Blog Post 2
on What does it mean to be a teaching library from the Reference & Instruction perspective? How do your experiences thus far, the readings, and tasks inform your sense of a library that participates in the teaching mission of the college? Through readings and my small amount of experience I’ve had so far in Reference &… Continue Reading Winter 2023 Blog Post 1
on Reflection on the term as a whole, including your time in Archives. What did you enjoy? What was a challenge? What was surprising? What do you want to learn more about? I really enjoyed this term spent in RADS and Archives. The biggest highlight for me was definitely the YA collection project, which was both… Continue Reading Fall 2022 Blog Post 4
on Reflection on field trip and process of the project thus far As the term is coming to a close, I realize how much I have learned during this internship. The field trip to the Ridgedale Public Library, a branch of the Hennepin County Library system, and the Minnesota Library Access Center (MLAC) took place a… Continue Reading Fall 2022 Blog Post 3
on What does critical cataloging mean to you? In what ways is cataloging important to the user? Critical cataloging sheds a light on the current drawbacks of cataloging that exist due to a history of oppression and the use of outdated prejudiced language in aspects of cataloging such as subject headings. As I discussed in last… Continue Reading Fall 2022 Blog Post 2
on Reflect on your time so far in RADS. What has been interesting or surprising? What do you think is the role of young adult literature in a college library? I wasn’t sure what to expect when I began working in RADS, especially as I wasn’t even sure what was meant by “resource acquisition and discovery”,… Continue Reading Fall 2022 Blog Post 1