Hello! I am in my third semester at Simmons, in the Archival track in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. I am excited to work through all of the trials, tribulations, excitements and disappointments that accompany graduate school alongside my fellow students! In my spare time I can be found baking, hanging out in Cambridge with my two ferrets (Smokey and Loki) and my new dog (Nanna). I also work as the facilitator for the online program for Archives Management, and spend a lot of time in my office on the third floor of the Palace Road Building. Come by and say hello anytime!
February 27, 2013 – 4:10 pm
Open access is a topic I have been thinking about a lot lately. And not just the stories of glamorized and easily implementable “open access” that the media picks up and drops two weeks later – open access as a way that information is communicated. Anyone who has talked to me for more than five [...]
February 19, 2013 – 8:09 am
This winter, Boston has gotten snow – a lot of snow. Like, an inordinate amount of snow. And I am from Wisconsin. What a smart move, to the one place on earth that apparently gets more snow than my hometown. With that being said, I have spent a lot of time at home lately – [...]
February 12, 2013 – 3:48 pm
Anyone who has stepped into a library, museum, or archives in the last ten years has seen the field’s foray into technology. But what happens when not only the institutions in the library and information sciences field – but the education that provides the people to eventually staff those institutions – also takes the plunge [...]
February 6, 2013 – 3:32 pm
For Christmas this year, my parents gave me the esteemed gift of the 50th Anniversary Edition of my absolute favorite book in the world, The Phantom Tollbooth. Norton Juster’s personification of a bored boy who travels into a world where words become literal (the “doldrums” are a place you can visit, where nothing gets done [...]
January 29, 2013 – 2:56 pm
Growing up, I used to have a routine before going to bed. I would say goodnight to my parents, grab a beverage – sparkling water in the summer, hot tea in the winter – grab whatever book I was in the middle of, and spend the last delicious hour of consciousness lost in whatever fantastical [...]
January 22, 2013 – 1:54 pm
Like many of my fellow GSLIS students, I graduated university with degrees in English and Art History. After graduation, I was essentially pushed out the door, told to “go forth and acquire employment.” After looking around, my worst fears were realized: what was I going to do with two degrees and relatively few marketable skills?! [...]
January 15, 2013 – 3:42 pm
I cannot believe that Christmas break already came and went. I spent my time tanning in the Floridian sun, crafting all of my Christmas presents, catching up on some quality sleep time, and enjoying hot beverages… I am especially enjoying the newfound glories of a proper cup of English Breakfast tea, and the new delights [...]
