What Would You Tell Your Past MLIS-Student Self? #SLAtalk Roundup!
Thanks to the many participants we had in our second installment of #SLAtalk! We were thrilled to see new twitter handles in the mix, as well as current MLIS grad students.
Below are highlights for each of the four questions. For a full listing, check out the TAGS archive set up by Emma Davidson or browse through the tweets in the order that they were shared.
1. What subjects or skills do you wish you were taught or exposed to more in library school?
Q1: Definitely more finance and accounting, as it specifically relates to a library environment. #SLAtalk
— Library Sherpa (@LibrarySherpa) April 9, 2013
Q1: What subjects or skills do you wish you were taught or exposed to in library school?Coding. #slatalk — Megan Wiseman (@LibraryatLaw) April 9, 2013
Q1 – More stuff about project management and usability. Especially in a more universal, less OMG PROGRAMMING kind of way. #slatalk
— Kendra K. Levine (@tranlib) April 9, 2013
I wish my MLS program had devoted more time to the necessity of networking within and without your field #SLAtalk
— Bob Kosovsky (@kos2) April 9, 2013
I wish I had learned more about analyzing information, information visualization, and more coding and programming skills #SLAtalk
— Megan Rush (@inforush) April 9, 2013
Q1: Wish I had been exposed to more marketing, business, and competitive intelligence skills #slatalk
— Kim Schultz (@klyall) April 9, 2013
2. What was your favorite class or project from your MLIS program, and how have you applied what you learned?
Q2 – Best class was definitely Social Informatics. Really made the point that systems are for people and we can’t ignore that. #slatalk — Kendra K. Levine (@tranlib) April 9, 2013
Q2 Government Information was one of the most useful courses. Have used it in all my jobs so far. #slatalk — Tara Murray (@diylibrarian) April 9, 2013
Best LIS project: Designing db to track ref question metrics, resources used, etc. Good basics for doing similar project in ZenDesk #slatalk — Jill Strand (@jillinfopro) April 9, 2013
Q2: Ref. Interviewing- Knowing that when asked,” Do you have the NY Times?” the user really wants to know “Who’s the CEO of IBM?”#SLAtalk — Stanford Friedman (@StanfordF) April 9, 2013
3. What formal supplemental education, if any, did you pursue after your MLIS program?
#slatalk Q4.You can start with these: 17 Free Live Webinars for Librarians in April lnkd.in/AXbfi8
— Tom Rink (@coplibrarian) April 9, 2013
Q3 one of the best prof dev activities for me is the conferences etc. that my users attend. Hear what questions they ask each other #slatalk
— Tara Murray (@diylibrarian) April 9, 2013
Q3. Going for my CAS in Data Science at @ischoolsu in the fall. Other than that, buckets of CEs #slatalk
— Elaine (@ElaineLibrarian) April 9, 2013
Mostly have taken vendor and tech courses: drupal, InMagic, ESRI ArcGIS. Aside from that, constant conferences, webinars, etc#SLATalk
— Ischool Research (@IschoolResearch) April 9, 2013
Q3 -Lots of asking questions of my users. Buying them coffee and asking, “What’s the deal!” “I’m here to help!” #slatalk
— Kendra K. Levine (@tranlib) April 9, 2013
#slatalk Q3 I did a formal course about e-learning – combination of face-to-face teaching and online work. Very useful.
— Clare Aitken (@LibClare) April 9, 2013
@slahq Q2: Information Ethics at Pitt. Can’t tell you how often that comes into play in today’s electronic world, as #SLAtalk
— Amy Watson (@librarianamy) April 9, 2013
Q3: After MA,I did a chartered management institute course in line management & a Teaching in Lifelong Sector course.Each 10months #slatalk
— Sarah Wolfenden (@SarahWolfenden) April 9, 2013
4. What recommendation would you give a library school student?
Q4: The future is important, but students need to know library past in order to put it all into context to be successful, IMO. #SLAtalk
— Library Sherpa (@LibrarySherpa) April 9, 2013
Q4. Become active in professional associations and NOT just the student chapters. Working in a library even as a volunteer also. #slatalk
— Elaine (@ElaineLibrarian) April 9, 2013
I tell students to JOIN SLA w student discount! Meet so many great people and u learn about job types u wouldnt even imagine! #slatalk
— Brandy King (@KnowldgeLinking) April 9, 2013
Q4 Apply for any job that interests you. DO NOT rule yourself out (that’s HR’s job). #SLAtalk
— Joan Thomas (@msjoanthomas) April 9, 2013
Q4. Learn about data — how to organize, analyze, and disseminate: useful in any field. #SLAtalk
— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) April 9, 2013
