Quick Things

I fail a little at updating and I am sorry.

In the world of library school, I have been writing feverishly, trying to finish four papers at once. They are all done. There are only two left this semester. I will probably start working on them later this week. I am wrecked, seriously school is kicking my ass.

I signed up for classes next semester: Archival Appraisal, Advocacy & Ethics, Digital Preservation, and Archival Representation. I will weep for my social life next semester. Not that I have one now or anything.

Pittsburgh makes me lonely. I can't say I'm not glad to be heading home next week.

Learned a new book treatment, making new cases. I like working in the preservation lab. I'm thinking of trying to get a job at lab after I finish at school. I'm probably going to take it into consideration because so far, I'm enjoying it quite a bit. I like hands on things. I need to talk to archivists and librarians outside of the program. I feel like I have an inaccurate view of what they do.

On a completely unrelated note, has anybody seen the new Doctor Who Special? I watched it tonight and I was digging it. I can't wait for Christmas.
Thanks for reading <3

Archivists have no clue as to what they do all day

So I had my meeting with my adviser and I have to decide what to do. I have the option of switching out of the program and moving to Librarianship instead of Archives-ness. I'm confused about it because I thought I knew what Archivists did but apparently I don't. Apparently, they don't know either. We did repository reviews for one of my Archives classes and we had to ask specific questions during our interviews about their collection policies and many places don't have collection policies. So that was interesting.
I just don't know anything. I thought they worked with the actual materials being preserved and took small preservation methods, like basic things (for instance making boxes for books etc.) and then, cataloged and organized all of the materials in their collection. I never thought they did anything with exhibits, like in museums but now, I'm not sure if they actually work with the collection or with the records and metadata (vocab word) of the collection... I am so confused, guys.
If it's the first thing, then that's what I want to do or be a technician in a Preservation lab, which I am getting experience in right now. Librarianship is what I've always wanted to do but I've only recently become interested in Archives. I can't do both at the same time, I would have to go through the program again. Which I cannot do, at least right now.
So it's decision time.
I want to work in a music archive or as a music reference librarian. I don't know which... I guess I could be both but it would take more training that I don't have the time and more especially, the money for right now. I need to get out in the real world and stop avoiding it through school.
I am going to talk to some music librarians in the area and see what they do. If I like it better, I might switch.
Anyway, enough rambling. Library school goes well, for the most part. Sometime soon, I am going to check out this Tattoo Parlor in South Side to either get an industrial piercing or an open book tattoo on my wrist, which I have learned from people who get wrist tattoos, actually does not hurt that much. I'm down with that.
How are you all doing on this lovely Friday morning?