SU: Wednesday

Today we heard from a panel of librarians who work in library systems. I have to say, even after listening to them talk, I don't see myself going into systems management or training. They repeatedly mentioned that they were the ones to get called on Christmas Eve to work on a failing system or inaccessible link. While this doesn't sound appealing to me for obvious reasons, one shining ray of hope came through. Many of them had been given the opportunity through their jobs to travel nationally and internationally. I would love to do this!

I went into this degree because I felt there was so much I could do with it that wouldn't bore me. In short, I would never feel the need to switch careers to stay interested. I wanted to learn something new everyday. Cristina Pope of the SUNY Upstate Medical Library expressed to us her desire to create a new iphone application that would allow patrons to access materials from both in and outside of the library. I would love to work on a project like this, but quite frankly I don't feel like I possess the capabilities to do so. I have a strong feeling that I'll learn in my classes, and if I don't, I'll seek that education out.