My second term starts in 4 days. Here’s my course load:

Action Research and Statistics INFO-515-901

Info Resources & Services II INFO-511-905

Digital Libraries INFO-653-900

The first 2 are required the third is my first elective - should be a busy term!

I mentioned the 3 part Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0 series from Solution Watch a while back (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), well now there are a few more tools you can add to that list. At Wanderings of a Librarian there is a list of a few more [...]

I submitted my last final last night. That means that term #1 is over - 3 more to go. I have a break between now and January 8th (when term 2 starts) but it won’t be much of a break. I have a ton of holiday traveling and entertaining and shopping and [...]

Okay, I have 1/2 a final left (which I’m stalling on - can’t you tell?) and I’m done done done! I have already gotten my grade for one class and am waiting to hear on the other one.
But the point of my post is that I haven’t had time to log into Bloglines [...]

Yep - that’s right - it’s time for me to finish up my first term. If you don’t see me writing for the next week - that’s why.

Well, the term is winding down and I have a grant proposal to write for one of my classes! I’m choosing a real situation from our library to write a fake grant proposal for - that way when I’m done I can give my research to the people here and they can alter it [...]

I was just reading my latest Library Journal and came across an article in Feeback titled “ALA’s alternate to an MLS.”
In it Leslie Burger makes me very happy
I’ve asked Dan O’Connor (chair, ALA Education Committee) to focus his group’s attention on creating an action plan for reforming library education at the ALISE/ALA Education [...]

David Weinberger posts over at Joho the Blog about the need for people who can find information (librarians ) in the future:
I noted that I’m not up on what the library sci grad schools are teaching, but that there will be a big demand for people who can help us find, understand and [...]

Yep - I’m going to be broke! Apparently, I have chosen to go to the most expensive MLIS program available to me (well almost - at least in state). From OPL Plus:
Cheapest in-state: San Jose State University, $6,300, runner up: Emporia State University, $6,636
Cheapest out-of-state: University of Alabama, $7,640, runner up: San Jose State [...]

[quick intro - this is for my Professional/Social Aspects of Information Services course - the bolded headings are provided for us and then we fill in the info below. I will post these for all to read after they are graded each week - because they're the kinds of things I would normally write [...]

Neat title - not mine Solution Watch has a great thread titled Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0.
With the increase of teachers using blogs and wikis, and students networking and utilizing online tools, the demand for easier and more efficient ways of learning is on the rise. To me, the [...]

I already have 3 discussion boards to keep up with for my classes, and now I’ve signed up for WebJunction so that I can participate in the LIS Faculty & Student Lounge. Many of my classmates are already signed up - if you’re a student it’s worth signing up to talk to others in [...]

So week one is done - well sort of (I have until Sunday) - it’s time to share with you my conclusions.
First, this is going to be extremely difficult - juggling work and home and school. Second, this is going to be fun!
So this week I read 6 chapters, 2 articles, and about 600 [...]

I have decided I have way too much school work to keep up with my 150+ blogs - I’m going to be parring down my list. I logged into Bloglines to find that I had over 1500 posts to read today - that’s just too much with hundreds of pages of reading per week for [...]

I just finished my first conversation with a reference staff member at Drexel via IM! I needed to find a required journal and was thrown off by the interface they provided me with. I went right to my comfort zone - InfoTrac because that’s what we have at work and I know how [...]

Yep - that’s what’s going through my head as I click from class to class in Blackboard (a program I’ve never used before).
I don’t know what I was thinking!! I’m a hands-on learner and now I have to totally re-teach myself in personal time management and organization. So far, I’ve read 2 syllabi - [...]

Today is my first day of school - never thought I’d have to say that again! I already have they syllabus for one class and am just waiting for 8am when blackboard is open for students to log in.
You will probably notice a decline in my posting - and a shift in the topics [...]

Just in time for me (I start classes on Monday) - Lifehacker has a list of Back to School essentials:

Teach yourself speed-reading with Spreeder
Reduce stress and excel at school
Essential Mac software for college
Essential, open source Windows software for college
6 ways to find reusable media
Find cheap textbooks
Money tips for college students
Avoid the Freshman 15
Best music for [...]

Just learned something else new from Chris at Koha. I mentioned that I’d like to be able to test Koha for a class in library school - and he mentioned that the U of Buffalo has a class that does just that.
The Koha@buffalo Project is for Master of Library Science students to [...]

Yep - that’s right - it’s September - let the count down begin!! Classes start on Sept 25th - and one of my classes still doesn’t have an instructor listed!

I am all registered for my first term at Drexel. Can you believe that registration opened at 7am this morning for new masters students and at 7:38 when I registered 5 sessions I wanted were already filled.
Why didn’t I register sooner? Well I was up this morning at 4am (lots going on [...]

Well that wasn’t an easy task.
I had a list of about 25 classes I wanted to take and I only need 12. I want to finish in 1 year (3 classes a term) so I had to narrow my list because of class offerings. I then narrowed my list based on classes I [...]

As you know I will start my Masters program with Drexel Online in just 2 months! I was interested in what this online learning experience was going to be like so I’m reading Teach Beyond Your Reach by Robin Neidorf. Since the book is geared toward teachers (not students) there are a few [...]

The Torn Librarian has a great post about the “schism” that is deepening between those in the professional library world who are tech savvy and those who aren’t.
What is this you ask? Well, the savvy are the people that are comfortable and/or enthusiastic about technology and its implementation in the library (Wikis, Blogs, RSS feeds, [...]

Being on the verge of going back to school this (very interesting) post by Caveat Lector scares me a little.
The post rants on a bit about how the most poorly taught classes in library school happen to be the core classes - the ones you need to take.
I really hate to say it, but [...]