life in the library
My life has changed drastically in the last two weeks. I’ve gone from being a circulation clerk at a public library to a graduate assistant at the third largest academic library in the United States and the largest library at a public university in the world. These last five days have felt very surreal. I start classes on Wednesday and I’m sure it will all very even more surreal then. I’m taking Children’s Literature, Intellectual Freedom for Youth and the required class, Information Organization and Access. Of course, my excitement about classes started a few weeks ago when I was able to access some of the syllabic for classes online and found out the reading lists for two of my classes. I’m really excited about my two youth-based classes. When I was able to access the Children’s Lit list, I immediately checked out a few of the books for the first week of class and have already finished them. For my Intellectual Freedom class, one of the books for the first week of class is either the first Harry Potter book or any of the other ones if we’ve already read the first one, which is a perfect excuse to read the fifth book.
Knitting-wise, I’ve finished the Moderne Baby Blanket, have to give it a bath and then I’ll take some photos to show it off. It’s gorgeous and huge. I didn’t expect it to be 48 inches by 44 inches, but it will make the perfect lap blanket when the kid is older. Sewing-wise, I finished the baby quilt and just need to snap some photos and send it off. I started another baby quilt on Saturday that’s coming along nicely. As I learned with the last quilt, the top goes quickly, it’s the back and binding that takes a while.
Sorry for the photo-less entry. I hope to get the photos of the blankets up soon.
Felicia said,
August 21, 2007 @ 9:13 am
I’m so excited for you too. Sounds like you’re going to have a fun semester.
Lolly said,
August 22, 2007 @ 7:29 am
Ooh, fun classes! Enjoy!
A friend of mine just moved to the area and is working in the library at UIUC - she is in the preservation dept…
Elspeth said,
August 23, 2007 @ 2:56 pm
Congrats! I really enjoyed children’s librarianship as well. If you feel up to it, I tagged you on my blog - think of it as research!
Bess said,
August 27, 2007 @ 11:14 am
Happy New School Year. so glad I popped in. Hope your classes are all winners.