Tansi Ekwa!!! Hola Todos!!! Hello Everyone!!!
It has been a busy 1st Month as a fresh faced librarian intern with the University of Saskatchewan's Education and Music Library :)
I have been busy helping students, teachers, professors and staff with wrapping up semester 1 with final papers. For reference and service, Education and Music Research Guides are my go-to tools as well as stepping back and ensuring I truly understand how a library is organized, either through Dewey and Library of Congress (LC). And really getting to know the education and music research guides to answer students questions quick and precisely as possible.
What have I been up to the past month and a half?
I finally received the grand tour of the University Library system. You can find a list of the various College libraries here with each college having its own unique collection identity. My goal before the winter break is to visit each branch.
Please check out some promotional coverage of the Internship with an interview with myself and the University of Saskatchewan's On Campus News - I am showcased in the December 5, 2014 Edition! Of if you would like a direct link to click here
I have been busy jumping into the world of Academic Libraries with workshops with the Library Researcher Series and Managing References that support research and interdisciplinary learning on campus :)
Reference Management - These tools help students manage their research references.
RefWorks - an online research management, writing and collaboration tool -- is
designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all
types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies
EndNote - EndNote is a desktop bibliographic management program designed to help
you store references, create bibliographies, and format papers
instantly.
Mendeley
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network. Make your own fully-searchable library in seconds, cite as you write, and read and annotate your PDFs on any device.
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to
help you collect, organize, cite, and share your
research sources.
Using Open Resources for Teaching and Research with some great links BCampus and Creative Commons
Getting the Most out of Google
Creating your Scholarly Identity Online
Indigenous History Resources and Indian Studies
I also had the opportunity to attend University Library staff orientation where we explored the University Library System from Dean Vicki Williamson and the hierarchy of USask Library Staff, with special notes made on Centre for Evidence Library and Information Practice to the massive and amazing digitization project for Saskatchewan History Online !!
Lead from where you stand!
LEADERSHIP! I had the time to activate my leadership profile after I reviewed some background material, which was unique as both my professional and personal numbers/grid were exactly the same! The instructor, Mary Martin, noted that this is an example of the authentic leader. I will be talking a bit more about this in a separate blog entry :)
Side Note: I have been referring many people this document on Library Services for Aboriginal People as I speak more on the goals, passions and research interests of Aboriginal People and Library Services. I will have a whole other blog posted here shortly that will showcase Aboriginal/Indigenous Library Services! Shortly, I shall begin to work with Deborah Lee on really exploring the topics of Indigenous Librarianship and I hope to share with you soon!
