Before starting a new week, I thought I would reflect on my spring internship so far. So, I sat down to share my experience as a Data Analyst intern at Covanta Energy. Finding My Grad School Internship Like a lot of other graduate students in the space of data science/analytics, I was having a hard… Read the full article…
My name is Dinesh Challa. I am in my second semester of graduate school to obtain my Master’s in Information Management here at the iSchool. How did I get here? How did I get to freezing Syracuse, New York after being born and raised Hyderabad, India? I chose Syracuse University for a few important reasons. I… Read the full article…
Superheroes are known as a fantasy and a dream every kid has at one point or another. But what if the idea of superheroes blended into your job? During our Innovate Ireland Immersion Trip, we visited an online retailer that specializes in products based on customer research and location, Jet.com . We met with the… Read the full article…
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could read any piece of scholarship for free? This isn’t an ad — it’s one of the driving thoughts behind open access, which is “the free, immediate, online availability of research articles coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment,” according to SPARC, a… Read the full article…
Rosaly Salcedo is a graduate of the iSchool’s B.S. in Information Management and Technology and is currently finishing up her M.S. in Applied Data Science. She’s from Brooklyn, NY. How did you find Syracuse University? I’m from Brooklyn, NY and in high school my guidance counselor told me about It Girls. When I went to… Read the full article…
Carnegie Library, on Shaw Quadrangle, is best known for its quiet reading room and impressive stone stairs. If you have visited more than once, you also likely know what hides behind its door. Stately marble columns, stacks that transport a browser back in time, and a math department. That’s right, Carnegie Library on SU campus… Read the full article…
6:00 A.M. Doesn’t Look So Bad Anymore Reflecting on my internship, I find it hard to believe just how much I enjoyed it. Working as the summer school library media specialist, I never once dreaded getting out of bed in the morning. Don’t get me wrong, 6:00 a.m. is still tough, but there was something to be… Read the full article…
Reader’s Advisory Reader’s advisory is a term I was fairly unfamiliar with before I entered the LIS: School Media program at the iSchool. Now I have a whole course under my belt, IST 605, that includes this very topic! Reader’s advisory involves helping patrons find the materials they want to read for pleasure. Putting the… Read the full article…
Two Weeks In As I take a final quick scan of my internship journal for IST 972 before clicking submit, the list of my daily activities and experiences really hits me for the first time. I am doing – and learning – so much. I’m weeding books, cataloging, conducting lessons and book exchanges, working on… Read the full article…
Inquiry, reading, curiosity, exploration, coding, makerspaces, research, storytime, collaboration, personalized learning … Images of students and fellow teachers engaged in these activities swirl through my head as I prepare to take the biggest step so far in my graduate program at Syracuse University. I’m beginning my internship as a Library Media Specialist (LMS) at J.T…. Read the full article…