I went to pick up a book from the library today and found, much to my dismay, that the library had been temporarily shut down because of something to do with student protesters. (My French reading skills lack any ability with nuance.) Since people we're saying it was for the rest of the day, I just turned around and got back on the Metro to come ( Read more... )

After three straight days of non-stop group project work (ugh), the LIS 5 a 7 at Thompson House was a welcome relief. Yay for the grad student bar, pitchers of beer, and yummy nachos. Later, I accompanied some friends to a "Grade 7 Minutes in Heaven" themed party. Basically, the idea was to wear outdated clothes (what you would have worn in Grade 7 ( Read more... )

The books that I have to read for my classes are all tragically boring. I thought Silas Marner was dull back in high school, but now I've got gems like Introduction to Cataloging and Classification and Build Your Own Database. If I really want to put myself to sleep, all I have to do is study The Anglo-American Cataloging Rules.

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I kept seeing the career meme pop up everywhere, so I gave in and took the test. I think first it said I should be a tour guide, but then I specified my level of education, and the results changed accordingly. Check it out!

1. Librarian - I guess I'll stay in school then, eh?
   
2. Tour Guide - Um, I used to give tours of the Steinbrenner Band Center. If I ( Read more... )

On Friday I had my very first class as a McGill grad student. We talked about the history of computers (starting with the abacus) then moved on to computer hardware. Normally I'm not crazy about the standard Power Point lectures, but we got to watch videos! That automatically makes class better! My favorite was this one, featuring John Cleese, a PC ( Read more... )

Today was day one of two of my SIS orientation. We met the GPD and the GPC, talked about KM, and heard about the activities for CLA, ACA, MLISSA, and SLA. And then all of our heads exploded because they couldn't hold anymore acronyms! Actually, orientation was moderately interesting, but I was really tired during the morning session, so my mind was ( Read more... )