Redhaired Future Librarian » ALAMidwinter2007 http://redhairedlibrarian.com Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:51:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Blogging ALA http://redhairedlibrarian.com/2007/01/11/blogging-ala/ http://redhairedlibrarian.com/2007/01/11/blogging-ala/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:55:18 +0000 Jenne http://redhairedlibrarian.com/2007/01/11/blogging-ala/ I said yesterday that I would be blogging ALISE and Midwinter (live-blogging will depend on whether I have an electrical outlet handy, since my computer has a battery life of less than an hour.) Shortly after I posted that, I got an e-mail from ALA about how they’re enabling bloggers. I can even get a blogging badge! I’m not sure what the purpose of that is, but it sounds neat. I joined ALA’s Midwinter Flickr group, so I will be posting some of my pictures there. I’ll also be posting other pictures on my own account so my family can see what I’m up to.

I love technology!

]]> http://redhairedlibrarian.com/2007/01/11/blogging-ala/feed/ Another Semester http://redhairedlibrarian.com/2007/01/09/another-semester/ http://redhairedlibrarian.com/2007/01/09/another-semester/#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:46:40 +0000 Jenne http://redhairedlibrarian.com/2007/01/09/another-semester/ It’s almost the start of a new semester. I’m working on finalizing the syllabus for Literature for Children. This is my first time teaching adults and it’s one of my favorite subjects, so I’m very excited.

I’m starting the semester in Seattle. I’m attending my first ALISE conference and then attending the ALA Midwinter conference. I’ll be observing and recording a focus group on romance novels. I also hope to gather audio for LISRadio shows for this semester. I plan to try to live-blog the conferences as much as possible, with pictures.

The first semester went by in a kind of haze. I was overwhelmed by the transition… it was much more difficult than going from being an undergrad to a graduate student. I wonder if it was made harder because I was in the same institution, so I was used to things being a certain way. Being a doctoral student is definitely an education.

I was pleased with how my classes went in the fall. I came out of them with two ideas that I’m going to work into presentation proposals.

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