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The Importance of Flexibility
My position as a Health Sciences Outreach Librarian is entirely new, so I am able to design my work approach as I go along. I love that freedom, but as I’ve said before, it can also be challenging because I am essentially making things up as I go along. Sometimes my initial approach is successful,…
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A New Perspective
As part of my outreach efforts, I recently had the opportunity to staff an exhibitor table at a conference for a state health professional association. I have attended a few conferences in my day, so I thought I knew what to expect. As you may guess, my expectations were way off base. Manning an exhibitor…
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A Whole New World
I am about two weeks into a new job as a Health Sciences Outreach Librarian at an academic library, and my imposter syndrome is slowly wearing off. Never in my two years of grad school did I think I would be working my own office as a full librarian just a few months after graduating.…
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Into the Unknown
In approximately two weeks’ time, I will be starting my first real librarian job. As in, the word “librarian” is in the title. I will be the Health Sciences Outreach Librarian at a local college campus, a grant-funded position that I will be the first to hold at this particular institution. That is very exciting, since…
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What’s in a name?
There are numerous ways one can apply their MLIS degree. You can work in public libraries, academic libraries, government libraries, comic book libraries, even wine libraries. I chose to work in health libraries, but there is one problem. I am not entirely sure what to call this field. I have come across several terms in…
Kathryn Vela
Librarian at Large
Kathryn Vela 