Starting Gate

Here I come, fresh out of library school.

I'm an academic librarian (receiving my MLIS from the University of Rhode Island in May 2007), with intention to teach information literacy.. this intention is to be played out at the Magnus Wahlstrom Library at the University of Bridgeport (starting June 18th) in Connecticut. As one of their newest hires in the reference department, I am to be a part of nothing short of a veritable troop of new librarians, that will be involved in the complete reconstruction of the library's physical and intellectual structure. Along with reference service in the library, we will also be providing information literacy instruction to faculty members. Part of this blog will be devoted to the goings-on at the university, and the development of the new information commons.

Another portion of this blog will be devoted to updates on professional conferences, workshops, and special topic courses that I attend. I can typically be found skulking around such gatherings belonging to the ACRL (New England Chapter), ALA and the SLA (again, New England Chapter - Rhode Island specifically, at the moment). I'm also wont to attend local chapter library conferences, including RILA (I'll technically be a Rhode Island resident for another whole week) annual gatherings, of which there is one that I will actually be attending later on this week in Providence, RI.

Other items that may end up stumbling into this blog are those that are related to librarianship, library instruction, information technology and the lot - all of which I find at least moderately interesting and worth a note. One of my intentions is also to continue to cobble together a meeting place for new ideas, intentions, and inventions. A fresh commons.

Keep it fresh.