Blog #2

 

Personal Goals for my MLIS

So here I am, rambling for my second blog post. Today I am going to talk to you about my goals through my MLIS studies:

1. Get my actual degree! I plan on being in the public library profession for the rest of my life. Right now I am at my highest level of achievement at work and if I want to move higher I will have to have a masters degree. Right now I am perfectly happy at the position I'm in, but I will always regret it if I don't get the degree and never get the chance to move higher.
2. I want to learn a little more about technology. I am able to help library patrons right now. Most of the patrons just need a little help with printing or copying and pasting, but I would love to have a little extra knowledge to help co-workers, or help with a project.
3. My personal philosophy about the library and about information science in general is this: Customer Service!!! I have always worked in the customer service field and know how to treat people. It is no different in a library. Yes, of course you must be nice and friendly to the customers (lets do away with the image of the crabby librarian!). But you also have to know technology-or at least be willing to learn so you can help the customer. In my opinion, there is always more to learn.
4. And finally, my ultimate goal is to Get my Degree! Have I mentioned that one before? Oh, well I think it's worth mentioning again. My life is crazy busy right now; moving into a new home, trying to run a household, taking care of my family, trying to go back to school to get a degree, and learn time management in order to work on everything that comes with getting that degree. So it would be a huge sense of self accomplishment if I can finish my degree in the less than 3 years time frame I gave myself.

Why did I throw in a picture of my cat, Annie? Well, I didn't really feel any pictures were appropriate for my entry this week and I wanted to have something to make you smile, so what better thing to make you smile than an animal?