I remember watching this video after rediscovering my old childhood dream to be a librarian. I was lost after I had to drop out of my studies in accountancy (mostly because of my mental health situation during that time), but after remembering the dream I had as a child, I felt hope. This video was the first one I came across in my research, and the one that gave me the first spark and the final push to move forward once again. Now, I'm enrolled at one of the top universities in our country as a BLIS student. Thank you so much 💓
Dear Lemondrops, Thank you for this beautiful message. I was so very touched. It is wonderful that you have found your path into Librarianship and are now flourishing in an LIS program. I am sure your message will inspire many people who also experience career twists and turns. I have a feeling you will become an amazing librarian, and I wish you all the best! Jenna
@INFIDEOS Dear Jenna, Thank you so much for your kind words. I am very much enjoying my studies and can't wait to learn more. Although the workforce surely won't be as easy, I will strive to learn and prepare as much as I can while I'm still a student. Thank you for doing what you do, Professor Hartel, and for inspiring many others like me. Best wishes, Lemondrops/Mels
Dear Dr. Tissa, I am very appreciative of your message, and to have such positive words from an accomplished LIS scholar and librarian. Thank you for visiting INFIDEOS. I hope you continue to watch and also share these videos with your colleagues and students at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Please don't hesitate to email me directly at jenna.hartel@utoronto.ca with suggestions of new videos to make, that might be useful or inspiring. Warmest wishes, Jenna
Really glad to have found your channel Professor Hartel! I read your paper in my information communities class and incorporated the ideas to discuss and learn more information seeking and behaviors for a community of artists!
Thanks so much for your note! I'm really glad the paper and videos were helpful. Artist information seeking and behaviours are fascinating; what a great topic. Onward! Jenna
Thanks! That's great news. It's terrific that you are studying LIS at the BS level, which is not often the case. You have a head start to a library career. Please come back to INFIDEOS, and let me know if there are any videos you think would be useful. I'll make them! Warmest wishes, Jenna
Hey Students (of my course The Information Experience), I would LOVE to hear your reactions to this video! Please, please, help me get some commentary going.Thanks a bunch!
You're very welcome! Thanks for your note, it has inspired me to make more videos. Please keep coming back to INFIDEOS. I hope your passion for Library and Information Science grows and grows! 😊
Thank you for writing. I hope you act on this passion for Library and Information Science. It is a wonderful field and career. Here is a helpful page from the American Library Association that has resources on becoming a librarian: www.ala.org/educationcareers/libcareers/become This page also explains the different kinds of libraries (public, school, academic, and special). The American Library Association also keeps a list of "Accredited Master's Programs" -- these are the programs that award a masters degree which qualifies you to be a librarian. Unfortunately, that link is broken (www.ala.org/educationcareers/accreditedprograms/directory), so you should check back or call them at: 1.800.545.2433. (You see, they would likely be quick to fix that link, since librarians really care about such things.) I am assuming that you are writing from the US, but if you are in Canada, here is a separate list of accredited library programs in Canada: erudera.com/study-programs/library-science/canada/. Keep in mind, you can also learn some of the skills for working in a library in Library Technician programs, which are more aligned with undergraduate studies, such as these (in Canada): cla.ca/careers/schools/library-technician-programs/. But a library technician degree will not allow you to get promoted into the better positions within libraries, and many library technicians return to school for the master's degree. I hope this helps get you started. All the best wishes!
That's a great question! This is a big revelation I share with my students of LIS. Actually, librarians do not spend their time reading books; rather, they pay attention to trends in book reading and the qualities of books that appeal to people. It's more important to be passionate about *sharing* books than reading books. Also, librarians understand the *structure* of books and help people move to the most useful part to answer their question. This short segment of a video speaks to the point: ruclips.net/video/B73wn7EzhPE/видео.htmlsi=1b_YAnWwtmZ9LQX9&t=784 (It may sound crazy but you should be more of a "leaper" through information than a "reader.") It may be worthwhile for you to watch that whole video, which gets into very deep aspects of LIS, which includes the fact that *reading* is not the foremost activity. Hope it helps, and that you join us in LIS. All the best wishes, Jenna
@@kubratschannel My apologies for missing your response, 5 months ago! To become a better leaper (rather than a reader), study Information Science, for leaping is exactly what we do. It is not possible for us to digest all the information in the world, but we can certainly understand how it is structured and organized, and then leap through it. Join us!
I remember watching this video after rediscovering my old childhood dream to be a librarian. I was lost after I had to drop out of my studies in accountancy (mostly because of my mental health situation during that time), but after remembering the dream I had as a child, I felt hope. This video was the first one I came across in my research, and the one that gave me the first spark and the final push to move forward once again. Now, I'm enrolled at one of the top universities in our country as a BLIS student. Thank you so much 💓
Dear Lemondrops, Thank you for this beautiful message. I was so very touched. It is wonderful that you have found your path into Librarianship and are now flourishing in an LIS program. I am sure your message will inspire many people who also experience career twists and turns. I have a feeling you will become an amazing librarian, and I wish you all the best! Jenna
@INFIDEOS Dear Jenna, Thank you so much for your kind words. I am very much enjoying my studies and can't wait to learn more. Although the workforce surely won't be as easy, I will strive to learn and prepare as much as I can while I'm still a student. Thank you for doing what you do, Professor Hartel, and for inspiring many others like me. Best wishes, Lemondrops/Mels
Excellent presentation of LIS field and professional activities of profession.
Thanks
Ananda Tissa
Dear Dr. Tissa, I am very appreciative of your message, and to have such positive words from an accomplished LIS scholar and librarian. Thank you for visiting INFIDEOS. I hope you continue to watch and also share these videos with your colleagues and students at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Please don't hesitate to email me directly at jenna.hartel@utoronto.ca with suggestions of new videos to make, that might be useful or inspiring. Warmest wishes, Jenna
Really glad to have found your channel Professor Hartel! I read your paper in my information communities class and incorporated the ideas to discuss and learn more information seeking and behaviors for a community of artists!
Thanks so much for your note! I'm really glad the paper and videos were helpful. Artist information seeking and behaviours are fascinating; what a great topic. Onward!
Jenna
So creative, informative, engaging. People and publications in harmonious relation!!!!
Thanks, Pal, for watching the video and your words of support. Let's go out for a harmonious dinner sometime! ; )
Excellent! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for visiting INFIDEOS, and for your kind words of support, Professora Furnival. Please keep coming back. Warmest wishes, Jenna
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Being a student of BS LiS i have found this video fruitful❤
Thanks! That's great news. It's terrific that you are studying LIS at the BS level, which is not often the case. You have a head start to a library career. Please come back to INFIDEOS, and let me know if there are any videos you think would be useful. I'll make them! Warmest wishes, Jenna
Hey Students (of my course The Information Experience), I would LOVE to hear your reactions to this video! Please, please, help me get some commentary going.Thanks a bunch!
Well done. Thank you.
You're very welcome! Thanks for your note, it has inspired me to make more videos. Please keep coming back to INFIDEOS. I hope your passion for Library and Information Science grows and grows! 😊
Am so happy for the information I wish to study my degree in Library and information science which university is suitable for this
Thank you for writing. I hope you act on this passion for Library and Information Science. It is a wonderful field and career.
Here is a helpful page from the American Library Association that has resources on becoming a librarian: www.ala.org/educationcareers/libcareers/become This page also explains the different kinds of libraries (public, school, academic, and special).
The American Library Association also keeps a list of "Accredited Master's Programs" -- these are the programs that award a masters degree which qualifies you to be a librarian. Unfortunately, that link is broken (www.ala.org/educationcareers/accreditedprograms/directory), so you should check back or call them at: 1.800.545.2433. (You see, they would likely be quick to fix that link, since librarians really care about such things.) I am assuming that you are writing from the US, but if you are in Canada, here is a separate list of accredited library programs in Canada: erudera.com/study-programs/library-science/canada/.
Keep in mind, you can also learn some of the skills for working in a library in Library Technician programs, which are more aligned with undergraduate studies, such as these (in Canada): cla.ca/careers/schools/library-technician-programs/. But a library technician degree will not allow you to get promoted into the better positions within libraries, and many library technicians return to school for the master's degree.
I hope this helps get you started. All the best wishes!
Can I take library and information science even if I’m not a big book reader?
That's a great question! This is a big revelation I share with my students of LIS. Actually, librarians do not spend their time reading books; rather, they pay attention to trends in book reading and the qualities of books that appeal to people. It's more important to be passionate about *sharing* books than reading books. Also, librarians understand the *structure* of books and help people move to the most useful part to answer their question.
This short segment of a video speaks to the point: ruclips.net/video/B73wn7EzhPE/видео.htmlsi=1b_YAnWwtmZ9LQX9&t=784
(It may sound crazy but you should be more of a "leaper" through information than a "reader.")
It may be worthwhile for you to watch that whole video, which gets into very deep aspects of LIS, which includes the fact that *reading* is not the foremost activity.
Hope it helps, and that you join us in LIS. All the best wishes,
Jenna
@@INFIDEOS Great response. What are your top tips for how one can become a better "leaper" of information than a "reader"?
@@kubratschannel My apologies for missing your response, 5 months ago! To become a better leaper (rather than a reader), study Information Science, for leaping is exactly what we do. It is not possible for us to digest all the information in the world, but we can certainly understand how it is structured and organized, and then leap through it. Join us!