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Theory Vs. Practice: Separating What’s Important
Please welcome our first guest Hacker, Lauren Gibaldi! Lauren Gibaldi is in her second to last semester at Florida State University’s School of Library and Information Sciences. She’s aiming to become...
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Peer Review in Library School – helpful or headache?
Disclaimer: I am discussing the very last class, also last required, of my MLIS degree. I may speak with a tad of “senioritis.” One of the required courses in my MLIS program is Evaluation of...
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What is there to argue about in library science? Well, how about everything…
Jeremy Bold is currently a full-time graduate student pursuing degrees in European Studies at New York University and Library and Information Science at Long Island University and residing in Brooklyn,...
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Diversity: A new perspective
Recently I read an article in Library Journal about a panel held at ALA Annual that encouraged the ALA to do more to promote diversity in the field. I’m certainly not the first blogger to discuss the...
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Leadership in the Library Industry
View of the British Library Reading Room. Photographed by Hugh Chevallier. Posted here under a Creative Commons License. I love theory. The ideas that disciplines and professions are based off of. The...
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Are We Learning Enough About Users?
Well into my second semester of library school, I find myself still recovering from a bit of metaphorical whiplash I picked up in the fall. You see, I’m not sure how to feel about users. The reference...
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Praxis and the Perennial Conflict between Theory and Practice in Library...
prax·is \ˈprak-səs\ n. 1. the actual work of a profession (as opposed to the practice of it in training situations) 2. in social work, the concept of reflexive, integrated theory and practice 3. in...
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Paper Knowledge and LIS research
The Records and Files Department of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa (March 1945) by Chris Lund. Canada. National Film Board of Canada. Library and Archives Canada, PA-144872.Available under CC-BY...
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Theory Matters: Constructing a Personal Philosophy of Librarianship
What draws you to librarianship? What is it about this field that makes you excited, energized, purposeful? There’s something, right? Something that makes up the beating heart of your answer every time...
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Theory versus Practice or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Praxis
Should our courses for our Master’s degree be more theory based or skills/practice based? I know I’m probably going to make some people mad with this post. (But hey, I expected that with my first...
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