the swing of things, soup and ontology
A little over a week ago, I finished my first two classes at UB. While I didn’t do as well as I had hoped to, I still learned a great deal and passed with good grades. Having a week off to recover a little bit was excellent and I was glad to have it. And it was nice to be able to see folks from my classes in a non-class situation at the orientation. To say that Alissa and I misbehaved a little during the speeches is a bit of an understatement. But, that’s what you get for letting people who know each other sit together.
Tuesday will kick off my first full semester at UB. My schedule, as of right now, looks like this:
Tuesdays: LIS518- Reference Searches and Services, LIS519-Selection and Acquisition of Non-Book Materials
Wednesday: LIS571-Organization of Recorded Information 1, LIS517-Information Services in the Humanities
Thursday: LIS513-Records Management
From what I understand, the LIS571 with Soergel is nigh on scary and impossible. But, to be honest, I chose to do it this semester for only one reason: most of the folks I became friends with over the course of the summer are taking this section, with a few more in the Monday evening section. I would rather suffer with friends than take an easier version of the class next semester by myself.
(Note: I retrieved this information off of the Google calendar on my phone, and it seems that the times have been bumped up on Tuesday, as I removed another class from earlier on. Thanks for trying to think for me, Google, but it was unnecessary.)
I am really excited for the semester to start. I have put in an application to the Genesee Country Village for an internship in their museum and special library with some work going on with cataloging. I am also getting together all the materials for my George Eastman House application. I am putting this one in a bit later with the idea that I might work there between semesters, as they are going to be having students through the Selznic program there. And since, you know, they’re paying to be there, they get priority. Perfectly fair. Along with all this experience-related stuff, I will hopefully be able to get a work study position for a few hours a week in the LIS department. That would help a lot.
Going back to school has made me remember why I loved being a student so much: I have so many things to occupy my time. I can’t just veg on a Sunday with the multitude of Netflix before me… well, I can, but there is more guilt attached to it than if I weren’t in school. I have to think again. And I love it.
Here’s to hoping it is all I want it to be.
