This week, Deb the Librarian began the hour talking about the path she took to become a librarian at the University of Alaska Anchorage.\u00a0 After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in English with an emphasis in Business from Florida State University, and a Masters degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her path included experience\u00a0at a variety of libraries.<\/p>\n
Academic libraries she has worked at\u00a0include:\u00a0 University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Superior (as a volunteer), and University of Alaska Anchorage.\u00a0 She has also worked at\u00a0public libraries, including\u00a0the Duluth Public Library in Minnesota, Minneapolis Public Library (INFORM fee-based research\u00a0service), and Anchorage Public Library (Branch Manager for Samson-Dimond Branch Library).\u00a0 And finally, she has also gained more online and varied research\u00a0experience working in\u00a0special libraries, including,\u00a0James J. Hill Reference Library (privately funded business library open to the public), Teltech (fee-based research firm), and Minnegasco\/Reliant Energy\/Centerpoint Energy (the library at a gas company (that experienced\u00a0name changes over the years).<\/p>\n
What Lessons from this experience can she share with students?<\/strong><\/p>\n As she reflected on her path from Florida to Wisconsin to Minnesota to Alaska, Deb shared the following with students (now in\u00a0an expanded version):<\/p>\n Getting involved in the professional association student chapter in graduate\u00a0school paid off.\u00a0 Being the Chair of the Special Libraries Association Student Chapter at University of Wisconsin-Madison helped\u00a0her expand her leadership skills and build her\u00a0resume.\u00a0 Lesson:\u00a0<\/strong> Looking for opportunities to connect with professional groups, even as a student,\u00a0can be beneficial.<\/p>\n Taking opportunities to volunteer or intern while looking for a full-time\u00a0position provided helpful experience,\u00a0and allowed Deb to\u00a0develop\u00a0relationships with others who could be\u00a0mentors, and references.\u00a0 Lesson:<\/strong>\u00a0 While deciding what career path to follow or while looking for a job, consider volunteering or interning as a great way to build experience, network with people in the field, and explore that particular work environment to see if it is a good fit.<\/p>\n Focusing on the positive contribution helped Deb overcome fears.\u00a0 (This wasn’t mentioned on the show, but I’m mentioning it now.)\u00a0 Do\u00a0 you think Deb has experienced insecurities related to hosting a radio show?\u00a0 If you guessed yes, you are right!\u00a0 When taking on new challenge, Deb has\u00a0developed the habit to take\u00a0time to think about the positive outcome for that challenge,\u00a0and, in the case of hosting the radio show, the contribution that she wants to make to the community.\u00a0 Lesson:<\/strong>\u00a0 When feeling shy, insecure, or incapable, rephrase the thoughts to be positive.\u00a0 I make a positive difference.\u00a0 My radio show is a success.\u00a0 I have a good memory, and can do well on this test.\u00a0 I am capable.\u00a0 I am a good student\/librarian\/presenter.<\/p>\n Tips for Studying<\/strong><\/p>\n The majority of the Informania radio show on Monday, March 18, was spent discussing successful study habits, which\u00a0Deb found in documents from Dartmouth College’s Academic Skills Center<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0 The particular documents she shared information from include an Active Study<\/strong> Handout, which was adapted from:\u00a0 Ann Algier’s Everything You Need To Know About Learning<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Topics covered in this handout include, the use of mnemonics, study cards, and effective strategies for memorization.\u00a0 There are also other helpful handouts on the Dartmouth’s Academic Skills Center<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>web page.<\/p>\n Deb shared two tips from another handout titled, How to Retain Information<\/strong>.\u00a0 The first part of the How to Retain Information<\/strong> handout talks about why we forget.\u00a0 Highlighted at number one is that a negative self concept impacts our ability to remember.\u00a0 Basically, “we think of ourselves as forgetting things.”\u00a0 Reading this reinforces my belief that it is important to think positively (and rephrase those self criticisms)!\u00a0 On this handout, I also found\u00a0a discussion about changed cues<\/strong> helpful.\u00a0 <\/strong>What does this mean?\u00a0 When you have changed cues,\u00a0it means that\u00a0even though you memorize the wording from the textbook, when the information is presented differently on a test, it may be difficult to remember, because the cue (presentation of information) has changed.\u00a0 This Academic Skills Handout recommends that to remember material for a test, a person studying should rephrase the ideas in\u00a0his\/her own words to\u00a0help them remember the information when it is stated in a different way on the test.<\/p>\n There are also video tutorials as well as handouts on this information-filled web site Dartmouth College web site.\u00a0 For those interested, the url is http:\/\/www.dartmouth.edu\/~acskills\/success\/study.html<\/a><\/p>\n The music played on Informania this week follows:\u00a0 Information<\/em>, by Dredg;\u00a0 With a Little Help from my Friends<\/em>, by the Beatles;\u00a0The Long and Winding Road<\/em>, by The Beatles; What’s on Your Mind<\/em>, by Information Society; Learning to Fly<\/em>, by Tom Petty, and That’s What Friends Are For<\/em>, by Dionne Warwick (and Friends)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week, Deb the Librarian began the hour talking about the path she took to become a librarian at the University of Alaska Anchorage.\u00a0 After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in English with an emphasis in Business from Florida State University, and a Masters degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of … Continue reading “Deb the Librarian shares study tips this week on KRUA’s radio show, Informania, repeated Thursday at 5pm on 88.1, The Edge.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-informania-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":980,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions\/980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}