This morning I joined LibraryThing’s 50 Book Challenge. I’m going to do my hardest to read 50 books in 2010. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, but being in grad school changes my workload & free time, so I think it will be an adequate challenge. I’m stealing Alisha’s idea to create a twitter account – I’ll update it each time I finish a book, with a [very short] review of it. You can follow me at 50booksin2010.
One of the first books I’ll be reading is Archives Power, a book I mentioned in an earlier post. I got the courage up today to post a short introduction in their welcome post [I'm number 61, down at the bottom].
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Librarian & Information Science News posted a list that I really like:
5 Universal Truths That All Librarians Can Agree Upon Right Now
1.) Perception of information is changing
2.) Literacy is changing
3.) Libraries are now part of greater information chorus
4.) Communication is our friend
5.) The underlying philosophies of the library have not changed
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This past semester, the members of a group that I was apart of took the Meyers-Briggs test – an assessment of your personality traits, temperaments and dispositions. I got INFJ as a result, but after taking this test [which is more of a choose-your-own-type sort of assessment], I think I’m an ISFJ. My choice was reinforced when I saw that a correlating Enneatype is perfectionist [which is so true for me].
It isn’t really important, but I recommend taking the tests – sometimes having taking an objective look at yourself can bring insight & inspire change. My husband & I always compare our answers & critique/affirm the results. Plus, it’s pretty fun to see what you get!
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I start classes again tomorrow! My discussion section for the morning was cancelled since the lecture hasn’t met yet & then I have class 4pm – 7pm, then nothing until Monday. Have I mentioned how crazy I was to schedule 3 three-hour classes on Mondays!? I’ll be in class from 8:30 until 8pm, with two 1 1/2 hour breaks – it’ll be intense but my only other classes will be on Thursdays, leaving me time for work & study. I cleaned out my backpack today & I’m ready to take on another semester!
Also, I started an account at flavors.me. It’s a social media aggreator, so by going to my page & clicking on the links, you can see what I’ve tweeted, pictures I’ve posted, blog entires, music I’ve listened to, etc. Check out my page. It seems like an interesting idea, but I’m not sure if it’s useful, or just another web application to keep track of.
Now,
off to coffee with friends!
Related posts:
- New semester, new goals
- Semester one: completed!
- NaBloPoMo Challenge!!
- Settling in for the rest of the semester
- Old hobbies and new interests
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010, 3:18 pm | 
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