Tag: GSLIS
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Things I Wish I’d Learned in Library School
Determined to eke out every last bit of knowledge from my library school experience, I’ve been asking my colleagues and fellow CALL members if there was anything they wished they would have learned in library school. Meanwhile, I’ve also been combing through job descriptions for clues, and reflecting on my own education and what I…
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The Invisible Benefits of Library School
I have worked in libraries for the last 14 years in a variety of roles, but it was only last year that I decided to attend a graduate program in Library and Information Sciences. Since I am a full time staff member at Loyola University Chicago’s Law Library and commute almost 3 hours a day to…
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Meet New CALL Member LeighAnne Thompson
JH: Tell us a little about yourself. LT: I practiced ERISA law for 5 years. I just left Kirkland & Ellis at the end of June. I am the proud mother of a 2 ½ year old boy and a 10-month old girl.
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Meet New CALL Member Stacia Stein
New CALL member, Stacia Stein, is a graduate student in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a member of the CALL Bulletin Committee. Fellow Bulletin Committee member, Juanita Harrell, recently interviewed her so we could all get to know her a little better. JH: Tell us a little about…
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LEEPing Into the Law Librarian Profession: a Glimpse Inside the University of Illinois LEEP Program “Boot Camp”
I recently made the “leap” from practicing ERISA law to pursuing a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS).
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CALL Library School Experience
Why do I get myself into these things?! This is a question I have asked myself a lot this year. In fact, I am asking myself that very question right now, as I stare at a blank computer screen, reflecting on my first year in library school, trying to find some sort of form and poetic…
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The Law Library Job Market
For those of us soon-to-be library school graduates, we are in the process of starting our careers and finding our first jobs. As a soon-to-be graduate myself, I wanted to find out more about the current status of the law library job market. In order to do so, I interviewed both Roy Brooks, Career Specialist/Practicum…