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…
At the start of every fall semester, I think about my own first semester of grad school. I went to grad school before the Internet, and before computers were ubiquitous. What was important then–as it is now–was the community that I joined. Unfortunately, that community could not instantly impart wisdom to me about looking for… Read the full article…
Two Syracuse University alumni have been selected to participate in the American Library Association Emerging Leaders program. This annual networking and leadership development program is designed to launch newer library workers’ participation in the ALA and other professional organizations. Participants meet at the ALA Midwinter Meeting to form into workgroups, which tackle specific projects throughout… Read the full article…
“Filling in the Spaces” is an ongoing Library and Information Science Student Assembly (LISSA) program here at the iSchool where students lead short presentations, activities or lectures on topics they are passionate about. Students present on professional development, educational, and specialty topics ranging from copyright to salsa dancing. Yes, salsa dancing. They recognize and meet the need for both academic and recreational… Read the full article…