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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  • Business Reference: How to sort through it

    For my Business Reference class, we recently had a question-set assignment where our goal was to find the most up-to-date information and provide the “correct” answer with APA-citation.  Sounds easy enough, right?  Wrong.  I discovered many problems with the assignment to the point I was second guessing myself over and over.  This could be attributed…

  • How to Disappear Completely

    As a LIS student, impending graduation has placed yet another burden upon me: Finding a job.  On top of school, being a full-time debt collector, and mom, my frustration has ultimately surfaced from the lack of jobs out there and the lack of response I am receiving from prospective employers.  My day-to-day has fallen into…

  • Library Management Job Advertisement Analysis

    I recently had an assignment to look over several different job advertisements to consider what employers are really looking for when it comes to management positions in libraries: Here’s what I’ve discovered which could be helpful to all those unemployed librarians out there 🙂 Purpose Analyzing job advertisements in library management helps one build understanding…

  • Multilingual Collections a must in American Libraries

    (2007). Guidelines for the Development and Promotion Of Multilingual Collections and Services. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 47(2), 198-200. Retrieved from Library Lit & Inf Full Text database. It seems it would be natural that American libraries would provide multilingual collections policies for libraries, however there seems to be a lack of awareness of what…

  • Death of a Listserv

    The use of instant messenger (IM) with regard to reference capabilities is becoming more common among academic and research libraries.  Naturally, more people are talking about the benefits and also the negative aspects of utilizing this service within their own library through listservs.  In my exploration through the DIGLIB mailing list, I discovered a thread…