Goals for 2010
2009 was a great year — I took a daydream of becoming a librarian and took active steps to make it a reality. Library school, library conferences, library volunteerism.
My goals for 2010 are pretty straightforward — keep doing what I’ve been doing (going to library school, attend local and national library conferences, and continue to gain library experience by working in the local libraries in my area).
In addition, I plan to be more active in my local library associations and ALA by joining at least one committee in each organization and continuing to network with other members. I’m also debating joining one of the following: SLA, ASIS&T, or ACRL. I’m interested in academic libraries, but also special libraries as well. Decisions, decisions, decisions.
I still want to have my MLIS 100% funded, so I’m continuing to seek out scholarships, fellowships, and other sources of funding. Ideally, I’d like to be able to not use student loans at all. I’m applying for several scholarships this year and am applying to a few library schools with generous scholarship packages to see what I can get.
Here’s to a even better 2010!
Hey Starter Librarian–
I’m a member of two of those groups, so I just wanted to point out that there are student memberships for both SLA and ASIST that are quite affordable, and being a member qualifies you to apply for their travel scholarships for the annual conferences. Personally, I think ASIST has better publications and more interesting membership, especially with your background as a software engineer. I think you will find that you can run pretzels around most of SLA as far as your tech skills go, and that you will find a lot of their publications sound like other people playing “catch up” to you. However, the annual conference is great for networking if you can go on a scholarship.
Good luck!
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