On the day I was celebrating the 1st year anniversary of working at Southern Methodist University, I presented the culmination of the largest project I worked on during the spring semester, at the Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference, with my supervisor at SMU, Jonathan McMichael. One of the things that Read more…
And I thought March and April were difficult. Here in Texas, the COVID numbers are soaring after two and a half months of a reopening that included two weeks of protesting in June. Dallas doesn’t seem to be as bad as Houston (yet), but it’s difficult to measure the level Read more…
Recent events have prompted many of us who are white to learn more in order to do more and to be better. At SMU Libraries, we posted two different blog posts about anti-racism resources; I wrote our piece on the juvenile literature collection as I’ve been working on a diverse Read more…
Today is Reading Day at SMU, a day to take a break between in-person classes (that don’t exist anymore) and in-person final exams (which may or may not take place). Usually Fondren Library is buzzing with activity today, as students cram and review a semester’s worth of information. But the Read more…
I have turned in the last of my assignments, and I should be celebrating the end of another successful semester in grad school, while preparing to help the students at SMU face another grueling finals week through events at Fondren Library. Instead, I have been helping them find access to Read more…
I find it strange and fitting that my current readings for INFO 5300 (Management of Information Agencies) focus on leadership. We are certainly facing challenges our modern society has never faced before, causing some leaders to struggle and others to shine. I have continually been impressed with how the leadership Read more…
One of the first projects I’ve been able to run on my own has been an in-person event at Fondren with Pet Partners. We brought in several dog/human teams to visit with students (and faculty and staff), allowing them to play with the dogs and relieve some stress during final Read more…
Since I started my internship at SMU and my classes at UNT at the same time, I had a steeper learning curve than my intern peers when it came to understanding how to answer questions at the reference desk. In addition, I’ve been working as a freelancer for more than Read more…
It has been two weeks since I attended the day-long institutes at Denton for INFO 5000 and INFO 5600, and one month since I attended training for working the reference desk at Southern Methodist University’s Fondren Library. Today is my first day on the reference desk without a librarian behind Read more…