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The Heat is On

Posted by lynn on Jul 16, 2005 in News

So today started off with a brunch. When I hear “brunch,” I think eggs, potatoes, bread-type items – maybe some bacon or sausage. Apparently GSLIS thinks bagels. Bagels are okay, but I wouldn’t call them brunch. Anyway…

Today we crammed in two class sessions and a discussion section. Somehow I walked out of that discussion section with a one page writing assignment and the job of writing up my mini-group’s talk about public good, commodification of information and “library faith” and putting it on the group bulletin board. Considering I’m still trying to eke out a first draft of my 4-6 page “tracking assignment,” I’m starting to feel a little pressure.

I did take a nice break today and have lunch with a fellow student, Nalani, at an Indian restaurant. The saag paneer was quite yummy, but the naan was HUGE. Seriously, the naan took up almost my entire tray. So the restaurant guy saw my name tag and that I was from LA, and he asked, “How’s the Indian food here compared to Los Angeles?” I responded: “It’s about the same, but the naan is much bigger here.” He got the biggest smile on his face. You go, dude. Be proud of your monster naan.

So class. We really started to get into the nitty-gritty of the course today. We covered some of the historical background of libraries, but really the instructors have been trying to focus on the complex environment and issues that surround librarianship and the information profession. We’re discussing mostly public libraries, since that’s something almost all of us have visited at one point or another, and we’re talking about censorship, collection selection, ethics and more. It’s really kinda hard to sum up here, but it’s all very interesting and dense. There’s so much to take in, think about, analyze and react to. It makes writing all these assignments even more difficult; I’m afraid of leaving something out.

I have finished the bulletin board and one-pager though. I’m now back to my tracking assignment draft.

I did take more pictures today, but I’ll probably post them tomorrow. I wanna finish this draft.

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