First Thoughts

Though this blog is primarily intended for the purposes of a Library School class (Foundations of Information Technology) and will focus mainly on library-centered themes such as library technology, careers, issues, and other relevant topics, I see no harm in offering a basic, preliminary introduction of myself. My name is Heather (but via this blog, librarylass), and I live in Lexington, KY, where I have just begun attending the School of Library and Information Science at UK. I recently graduated from Transylvania University (May '08) with a BA in English, and a minor in Anthropology. My hope is to one day become a reference librarian (fingers crossed!), a career path I am really excited about. I love reading (obviously), music (listening to and playing - I play piano), I am obssessed with crossword puzzles (though lately I have been finding less and less time to do them), especially the Sunday New York Times ones (I've never finished a whole one, but I've come close).

In addition to offering my thoughts about pertinent library topics (and maybe some not so pertinent topics), this blog will serve, in some ways, to chronicle my first semester as a librarian-in-training. You may even get some bonus goodies, such as maybe a few book reviews of whatever I am currently reading or of some of my favorites, or whatever else I feel like including.

Since this blog is really for a technology course, I'm sure I will dazzle you all by the end with my spectacular understanding of computers, which will no doubt manifest itself here . . . Yeah. No. Not at all. I thought I knew my way around a computer pretty well, but to be quite honest, my stomach does a little bit of a flip when I look at the course syllabus and see all the different (seemingly complex) topics we will be covering. It turns out that, unbeknownst even to myself, I may be somewhat of a technophobe. : ) So we'll see how this turns out. At this point, I at least know that I am able to create a blog and post something to it. Beyond that, who knows.

I think that for my next entry, I will write about the reasons why a career in information (and particularly in reference) interests me, and what, in my view, are some of the most rewarding aspects of the profession. Til next time then. :)