This
week in INT 95, our guest speaker was Mrs. Jane Faulkner. Mrs. Faulkner is one of the many librarians
for our university library. There are many academic librarians who are
specialized in such things as, collection development, scholarly communication,
outreach, and reference. I was astonished to learn that our library is the
second largest in the country, next to the Library of Congress.
The
librarian’s story about her life was interesting, to say the least. She grew up around the Claremont Colleges,
but also lived in London where her father worked for a while. After, she shared her life in college at UC
Davis and then proceeded to share the many great resources the library has to
offer. Mrs. Faulkner said there were
catalogs to search from, laptops that can be checked out, free massages, and
the best of all, a snack bar in case you get hungry while cramming... I mean peacefully studying. The most interesting fact I learned in that
50-minute period before dinner was that UCSB has an event every year where one
book is chosen, and 2,000 copies are handed out for free to students, and then
there are panels and discussions about the book later on. It all sounded like
such fun.
We
recently took a trip to the Career Counseling Center, which was very
informative. There you can find out
about openings for full time positions, part time positions, and internships.
For those people who are undeclared or just on the borderline of what they want
to major in, the Career Counseling Center is the perfect place to go because
the employees there can help you figure out which major is right for you. If they aren’t able to help, the wall of
books on majors can be another option. And a last effort might be just blindly pointing at a major from the list and hoping for the best, but I suggest you don't try that.
Hi Christi
ReplyDeleteI found the librarians story about her life very interesting too. I was prepared to sit through the lecture bored to death and I did end up dozing off half the time after the librarian's autobiography. I remembered absolutely none of those interesting facts until I read your blog heh... I had no idea that UCSB's library was the second largest in the country, second to the Library of Congress. The library just seemed like a surpisingly large eight story building with a nice view and peace for studying on the eighth floor. Knowing that now I feel a lot more in awe and grateful to know that its just a 5 minute walk away.
Regards
Ryan