Settling in for the rest of the semester

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Gosh it feels like I’ve been home forever already!
We drove home from Indiana Saturday night, arriving back in Ypsilanti around 2am. Sunday was spent sleeping & frantically doing homework. I somehow managed to write an article summary for my international development class and a organizational design case study for my management class and turn both of them in yesterday.

I spent as much time outside as I could today – it was over 50 degrees, sunny & glorious!! I even went running outside for the first time in a few months & was happy to discover I’m not as out of shape as I had expected. Plus it was a good excuse to use my fancy Nike+.

Reflection on the conference:
It was a really great experience & I’m glad to have it under my belt. On the advice of my professor, I didn’t use PowerPoint & approached it a little more formally, which served me well. I think next time I’ll be a little more extemporaneous, but overall I’m pleased. It was especially exciting to meet and listen to others that are going into the archives field – I definitely left energized and excited!!

Until I get my ABS reflection post formulated, you can read about others’ experiences at the Alternative Spring Break blog.

This is a great list of different archives blogs. I’ve been thinking a lot about web 2.0 & archives involvement in social media, especially since a part of my internship this summer will be doing outreach through those mediums. I think there’s a lot of potential for institutions to get the word out about what their collections hold & cultivate cooperation. On that note – make sure to become a fan of the National Library of Medicine on Facebook!

Check out this awesome book alphabet!

Our internet isn’t very good at home, but I’m slowly but surely adding some photos from Spring Break onto Flickr. You can check for them here [including a really nerdy photo I took of myself with a Library of Congress card catalog]

Now that I’m home I’ll start making regular posts that make sense & have a bit more content.
I suppose I should stop avoiding homework. I’ve already vacuumed, mopped & did the dishes, now I’m listening to Debussy & relaxing.
[51 days until Egypt - time is flying!!]