Oh how the best laid plans fall the quickest apart! It seems as though every time I have come to terms with a new plan for my future as a Media Specialist things become shaken again.
Now that I have started my internship officially, I am able to have more open discussions with my supervisor. We have started discussing my projects and assignments. She has assigned me several readings about the library and schools strategic plan that she would like for me to read before we discuss the project further. We have scheduled to have that discussion on Monday. As we were discussing the course requirements she asked me THE question. "What future do you want to have in a library?" I then explained many of the struggles I have been having about ALA accreditation. She asked a few more questions and then said she has someone who might be able to answer many of the questions I have about working in an academic library. A few moments later the Library Director walks in! I was honored to meet this man, he has a very strong presence so I was a bit nervous but he was kind and gave me a lot of good information. He did tell me that no academic library would consider me as an applicate but he had me thinking on another level of a solution! Currently my plan is to continue on the school library track and work in a school library for a several years to get experience under my belt. Then I am going to go back to school to get my Phd if I am still of the mind to work in an academic library. This seems to be the most economically pleasing option so far.
As for my project we have discussed several potential options. I might work with the Education department to create the equivalent of a LibGuide for easy to find resources. There is also the option of making a website for the freshmen students to use at the school since they have a very difficult transition year as "knobs". This school has a very different atmosphere and community than most schools, as a military college.
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