Category: Librarianship
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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…