As we were settling into the new academic year, our boss surprised us with some news: He was leaving for a job at a university much closer to his home, and he would be gone from the university within two weeks. We were shocked to hear this, immediately wondering how Read more…
I have been fortunate to be a member of the Griffiths Leadership Society for Women for 12 years now. This organization brings alumnae of the University of Missouri, along with current collegians (both undergrad and graduate) together for leadership, networking and empowerment. A couple of years ago, I was asked Read more…
When our library staff gathered to discuss our displays for the upcoming academic year, they already had written down Alzheimer’s disease for the month of November. (Depending on the organization, November is marked as Alzheimer’s Awareness Month or National Family Caregivers Month, both of which relate to my experience caring Read more…
A new university job means new classes and new students. Working at a satellite campus focused on health sciences is different than a more traditional campus — we only have one building where everything is located. Our library is small, but because we’re only an elevator ride or flight of Read more…
I was thankful that I was asked to stay at SMU for an additional term after I completed my degree and internship, but I knew I’d still need to undergo a job search for a permanent position. While I was unable to stay at SMU as an instruction librarian, I Read more…
I have been lucky to work with first-year students for three years now, building on each year’s successes (and failures) to improve each time as I set out to work with the WRTR classes, a required course for research and writing. It has also helped that I’ve worked with one Read more…
One of the professors from the Women and Gender Studies department reached out to me a month ago and asked if I’d be interested in doing a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon under the aegis of Art+Feminism. I’d never edited anything on Wikipedia, and had certainly never taught others how to do so, Read more…
As our social sciences librarian is retiring at the end of the year, I have been asked to serve as the temporary social sciences librarian through the end of the spring term while SMU Libraries conducts a search for a full-time replacement. I’ll be able to continue my work on Read more…
Now that I’ve finished my LIS degree, I’m applying for jobs and looking for projects across SMU Libraries. Encouraged by my supervisor, I reached out to the Business Library to see if they needed help teaching workshops; we knew that they were swamped with the start of the fall term. Read more…
It’s strange to see that the Fall 2021 semester has been billed as back to normal while, well, not everything is. As with so many others on and off campus, we are doing our best to help students adapt to life on campus, whether they are first-time students or returning Read more…