Comments | kama24: look at all the acronyms!

kama24

look at all the acronyms!

Dec 13, 2006 11:01

-A few days ago I found out that I have been accepted into IUB's MLS (Masters in Library Science) program in SLIS (school of library and information science)! I'm going to grad school!!! The bigger news will come in April when I find out if I get any scholarships or tuition remission packages. I'll keep you updated ( Read more... )

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libbytron December 13 2006, 20:32:21 UTC

pretty sure the point of grad school is to write scary papers, papers that will be due at about finals time :) so, technically, maybe not finals, but it will feel the same!

CONGRATULATIONS! bellicosa December 13 2006, 22:36:20 UTC

re: finals, I think it may depend on the program.

JD, MBA, and at least some MA/MS/PHd require finals.

shift_in_a_star December 13 2006, 23:55:33 UTC

Congrats again on SLIS! SLIS doesn't really do exams at all (though I hear a couple classes do). Mostly there are papers and projects, due sometime during the last 2 weeks of class and finals week. I was lucky enough this semester to be done on Friday of the last week of class, and got finals week free (except for work).

And you should check out http://www.librarything.com. I've been in love with it for ages, and recently became re-addicted. I think you'd appreciate it too. :) We can chat about it sometime, because it's AMAZING!

shoestring1984 December 13 2006, 23:56:08 UTC

CONGRATS BUT I AM BITTER...that you are older than me!

becksterminator December 14 2006, 03:58:30 UTC

aren't you, like, 22?

vaguestate December 14 2006, 18:10:43 UTC

i have that goal, too. which books are on your list? so far, i'm thinking 'another roadside attraction' tom robbins
'the adventures of kavalier and clay' michael chabon

i need more.

kama24 December 14 2006, 19:26:13 UTC

well, off the top of my head:
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson (or anything by her, really)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (it's a graphic novel, so it goes quickly)
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Anything by the following authors:
-Roald Dahl
-David Sedaris
-Madeline L'Engle
-Michelle Tea

If you let me know what you're interested in I can give you a better list. I'm such a librarian book dork!
-Jeffrey Eugenides (he's only written two, "The Virgin Suicides" and "Middlesex", and they're both excellent)