If you take a one-minute walk in the right direction from the Carrier Dome, you’ll end up at the entrance to SUNY ESF’s Moon Library. The cozy, two-story building is located along the ESF quad. It offers its students and faculty access to study spaces, information resources, technologies, special collections and archives. The library’s services… Read the full article…
Last Wednesday, LISSA was lucky enough to welcome Inclusion and Accessibility Librarian, Kate Deibel. She was brought into its weekly meeting to discuss the challenges and reward of her new position. Kate shared that fate, coincidence, or whatever you prefer to call it played a part in her coast to coast journey to fill this… Read the full article…
“I dare you to honk the horn!” I say this to my mom as we wait inside the car dealership. Surrounding us are sparkling vehicles, as we wait to see the next available car salesperson. I point at the car and begin to laugh at her tempted expression. I can almost hear her thoughts: “If… Read the full article…
A wise person once told me, when asked by a potential employer, “Why did you choose to pursue a career in librarianship?” to never answer, “Because I love to read!” That wise person was Dean of SU Libraries, David Seaman. Initially, this advice seems backwards, being that libraries have traditionally been linked to literacy. However,… Read the full article…
Protests, posters, Zuccotti Park, New York City, September 2011 … Occupy Wall Street. Think back to how you first heard about this social movement, which sought to shed light on the issue of economic inequality. Was it in the news? Or was it on social media? What about #BlackLivesMatter? Did you first learn about police… Read the full article…
October is Library and Information Science Career Month at the Syracuse University iSchool! It’s an exciting time for new LIS students to learn about the vast and varied opportunities of the library and information profession and get inspired to try new things. It’s also a time for second year students to begin to reflect on the… Read the full article…
How do you remember or memorialize a national tragedy? For some, it involves conversing with family and friends, participating in a moment of silence, watching a memorial in person or on the news, or visiting a memorial museum or archive. People take time to remember in the ways that feel most comfortable to them. With… Read the full article…
A warm Syracuse welcome to all new LIS and LIS: School Media (LISSM) students! Even though I’m calling this a ‘survival guide,’ have no fear. The support you receive during your time at the iSchool is bound to not just make you survive, but thrive! Today is the new student orientation for incoming, on-campus LIS… Read the full article…
For my LIS program, this summer I’ve been interning at the United States Military Academy (USMA) Library at West Point. The library is situated on an undergraduate collegiate campus and United States Military base about 60 miles north of New York City. For this month’s Library Friday post, I interviewed Heather Seminelli, the Assistant Director for… Read the full article…
Happy summer! Congratulations to all iSchool students who graduated last month, and kudos to those students who just wrapped up their first year of library school. Summer break may mean nicer weather and perhaps a vacation for some, but us LIS students are still very academically and professionally active this time of year. Whether it’s… Read the full article…