Amy Pajewski

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  • ‘Diversity,’ feminized work, and other truth bombs at ACRL 2017

    Our profession is steeped in a murky racial and gendered history. When Roxane Gay came on stage, the first thing she said to us was “man, there’s a lot of white people in this room.” And, she’s right. Librarianship has been feminized and white ever since Melvil Dewey. You remember, the Dewey decimal system guy?…

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  • Living Learning Communities & Librarian Involvement

    On Friday, November 30th, Jean Henscheid came to West Texas A&M to do a workshop on Living Learning Communities as a way to engage and interact with students to give them a more positive college experience. I have seen Residential Learning communities at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, but I was never a part of any of…

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  • My 21st Century 20-something Ennui

    en·nui- Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom We’ve all felt this, right? Well, I’ve noticed that I’ve been feeling it more as I approach my quarter-century, and I think it’s worth discussing. Between Sallie Mae calling me incessantly to an overall sense of is-this-really-what-I-want-to-do-with-my-life begging my attention in the depths of my brain, I find…

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  • Sundog Lit Issue 1

      Issue 1 has officially been released! You might even notice my photograph has been incorporated into the cover 🙂 The amount of work that goes into a literary journal is truly that of a full-time job. I came on to Sundog Lit in August 2012 and I have been reading every submission (usually twice)…

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  • Accreditation tour at the library: Now what?

    I have been working at West Texas A&M University since July 9th, and I was given my liaison responsibilities early August. Not too long after being handed Art, Theatre, Dance, English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages, I was told that the Theatre department would be going up for accreditation in October. My initial thought: Yikes, what…

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  • Pennsylvania Library Association conference 2012

    So, I want to share some thoughts and musings on the PaLA 2012 annual conference in Gettysburg, PA this year. I was so fortunate to be able to go since I currently work in Texas, and it was wonderful being able to see my friends and old colleagues. I also got to have a little…

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