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Fredagsmys: Horoskop

OK, det är långfredag i morgon så det kan vara lämpligt med lite fredagsmys.

Bloggen Hack Library School presenterar Words of Wisdom: Hack Library School Horoscopes

Råd t ex till oss födda i Jungfruns tecken:

Virgo (August 20-September 21)
Key concepts: relax, breathe, personal happiness, prepare, expansion, inner peace

If you have a specific passion or interest in the field, follow it and take the courses that fulfill this. Listen to yourself and trust yourself.
Work experience is always more impressive than the MLIS degree. Make sure you’re taking every internship, practicum, or volunteer opportunity that you can. Be a sponge! Ask lots of questions!

If you are feeling overwhelmed in school, remember it’s okay to say “no” to some opportunities; better things often come around again, at a time that may be more convenient to you.

For academics or those who may be interested, turn class projects into research opportunities. If your school offers a research methods class, take it. This will be the foundation for your work. If your school doesn’t offer one, make the suggestion for the future and take methods in another graduate program like Education or Sociology. Every large-scale project you do for course credit has the potential to be research. You can talk to your instructors about how to go about doing that. Partner up with someone if you are not comfortable going it alone. Research is one feature that tends to separate candidates from their peers in the job search process.

Try to take out the least amount of loans possible.  Everyone’s situation is different, but many schools have a flat rate for credits above a certain limit.  If you can even do one semester making the most of that flat rate, it could save you thousands of dollars.  Use your school’s writing center at least once. Try to get teaching experience of any kind, as well as course/workshop design and leadership.  Take a research course in quantitative & qualitative methods. Think about how you can turn your course work (i.e. papers/projects) into potential articles for publication.  Computer literacy skills (data manipulation, programming, data visualization, etc.) are useful. People skills are useful. When it comes time to interview:

  • Restate question to make sure you understand it/buy yourself some quick thinking time;
  • Make your points using transition/sign-posting words such as first, second, next, finally; and end with a brief summation of main points or takeaways.  This pattern is useful because it makes it easy on your interviewers to capture your important points, it makes you sound put together, and it indicates when you are done speaking.
  • Have more questions prepared than you think you need.
  • Remember, you are interviewing them just as much as they are interviewing you.

 

Bibliotekshotell?

Ja, iaf i Japan. I höst kan stressade japaner och internationella turister ta in på Book and Bed Hotel i Tokyo, enligt Japan Travel.

Det är egentligen inte ett riktigt hotell utan mer ett stort rum med bokhyllor fyllda med böcker. Hyllorna är avskärmade så det kommer att finnas britsar som gästerna kan vila ut på. Störs man av andra gäster ska det finnas det gardiner att dra för.

Fler bibliotekshotell hittar du här. Men också här.