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Becoming an Expert

It’s been just over a year since I graduated with an MLIS, and figured it was time for some reflection on what I’ve learned. Now that I have time to breathe. Well, kind of have time to breathe between work, running, hiking, dragon boat racing, poetry writing, and trying not to have my head up [...]

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Things I Learned In Grad School

For the record, I DO NOT recommend trying to open a large theatre show and taking two grad school classes at the same time. Wisdom is knowing that you really don’t know.
1. Tech skills are a necessity.
2. Metadata is king.
3. There is always uncertainty.
4. Make a schedule and stick to it.
5. Practical experience is worth more than theoretical knowledge.

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Final Stretch

Wow… This is the last day of spring break from grad school, which means I’m into the last 7 weeks of classes and spent the week without classes catching up. I’m struggling a bit with my Database class (actual construction of databases, as opposed to use or idiosyncrasies of reference databases), but so long as [...]

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Beginning the Countdown

It’s approximately 30 days from the show’s opening. As with any large show, there’s a heck of a lot still to be completed.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s actually going quite well.  In fact, the documentation is coming along pretty well.  There’s a big scramble this month to finish all of it — What was [...]

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Two to go

I just registered for my final semester of grad classes.  Wahooo!  It’s hard to think that after 3 looooonnnggg years I’ll finally have my degree in May, and I can say is: FREEDOM! I want to take an Alaskan cruise in celebration, and I’ve been pricing them out.  Figure that an interior room with most [...]

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