My favorite portion of this class by far are the guest speakers. Today the University had invited Bev Cholcto-Devlin and Kate McCaffrey who both work in public libraries. Since I work in a public library, this was personally what I was interested in. Kate brought up some issues I had never thought of, like homelessness in libraries. They both also explained some big differences between suburban and urban public libraries, such as the kinds of patrons you might get, like small children being dropped off early in the morning to stay at the library all day long.
It's really easy to forget how many different kinds of libraries (and thus how many different problems) exist when I'm so used to just working in one. Then again, I have nothing to compare it to. I'm seriously considering doing my internship in special collections (rare books) or some sort of academic library. It would be great to get outside of my own self-imposed bubble and try something new.
About Me
- Carrie
- I'm working on my MSLS at Syracuse University. I plan on graduating in 2011 and loving libraries, books, and anything vintage until the day I die.
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