An Update

Well, the year is almost over and so much has happened! I started school in August. I received a grant for my first year through the University of North Texas. In September, I joined the Special Library Association (SLA) and the American Society of Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). The graduate course I am currently taken is the Introduction to Information Organization. So far, I've earned 2 "A" papers and I'm hoping to get a 4.0 out of the class!

It's Official!

I have joined ALA and TLA (American Library Association and Texas Library Association) as a new member. I joined ALA's roundtable group under "Library Research" and one of their divisions under the ALCTS for "Cataloging and Classification". For TLA, I joined the New Members Round Table and Catalogers & Classifiers Round Table. Since I will begin classes in the summer or the fall less than part time, I am hoping for scholarship opportunities.

I decided on a concentration of "information systems" in my graduate studies, but I am also interested in cataloging and technical services. Hopefully the round tables I have joined will help me with learning as much as I can about that area of the field. Well, I am ready to meet new people and learn new things! Hopefully I can direct some traffic on this site for it to be a plethora of information and resources for Library Science.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I brought in the new year in style by going to Scott Gertner's Skybar, it was great! ...But next time I'm reserving a seat! It's a great jazz place in Houston with live music.

I also just found out that I got accepted in the University of North Texas' MLS program! I will be starting gradschool in the fall for Library Science, going to school part time, while keeping my day job. I am waiting on my W2's so that I can apply for financial aid. I have this big dilemma on whether to incur more student loan debt or pay my way through school. If I pay my way through school, it will take 4 years, taking one class a semester. Or if I get student loans, it will take two years, at 2 classes a semester. I'm still quite undecided, I hate the extra debt, but I do want to graduate early!

The Beginning

So I'm seriously considering grad school to become a librarian. Not the retarded stereotype, but a technically aware librarian. I'm a newbie in the stratosphere of blogs, so I thought I coin my name librarian and blogger and twa-la, liblogarian! This spot is where I want to congregate other librarians or those who are technically savy to swap stories, ideas, network, or share educational ventures in mls school and the real world of all things librarian. I have a background in Radio, Television, and Film, in which I obtained my undergraduate degree in. But now I am on track to become a librarian in Texas!