Wednesday, November 30, 2011  I Got Accepted to an MLIS Program.
Now What? (Or, Advice on Picking Classes in Your Library Science
Program.)  When I started my library science graduate program, I
had an end goal of public librarianship. That lasted until until
midway through my first semester, when I realized I really
wanted to work in an academic library. My adviser had been
assigned to me because she knew public libraries, so she didn't
feel comfortable helping me with the change. However, I managed
to track down another member of the faculty who helped me
redesign my program so that it suited the needs of a future
academic librarian. In addition to pointing out classes he
thought would help prepare me for life as a librarian, he also
gave me some good general advice.  While I'd never pretend that
I can reproduce it word for word since that conversation was
over ten years ago, I do remember general themes. Since for a
lot of schools it's that special time in the semester when
students have to start figuring