Continuing education
I took a leave of absence from study last year, mostly because I was burned out. I had been finding it more difficult with each semester to keep to a decent standard of work. I’ll be back to study again this semester, which starts late next month. I have two units of study to complete my course but neither is in my department of information studies which encompasses records management and library studies.
This semester I’m taking a unit called Virtual Communities inthe Internet Studies department. I’m really looking forward to this unit although I have to admit I am a bit nervous about venturing outside my department. From what I’ve been able to learn so far, it’s a mostly interactive unit and includes considerable online discussion.
Second semester I will be taking a Heritage Studies unit called Local Studies which covers local history study. This is an area of public librarianship that interests me greatly and I’m hoping to get a lot out of this class. When I did my library prac two and a half years ago I spent some time with the local history librarian and really liked it.
I’m feeling so much more motivated now that I’ve taken a break. Studying at this point in my life seems far more taxing than it did when I was an undergraduate over twenty years ago so it has taken more time but I am determined to finally complete my course of study and hopefully seek some part-time employment next year.
7 Comments
The Scientist
Proud of you. :)
purple
Why, thank you!
The Scientist
But please don’t use Dewey Decimal on our bookshelves. Alphabetical is as much as this brain can handle.
Marie
Yay! Great that you are getting back into it! I take every scrap of perseverance I can get sometimes.
I like your new look on the blog with all the teasers and entry points into different sections. I sometimes play at revamping mine, but I get bogged down pretty easily.
purple
Thanks. I’ve not played around with Blogger all that much but WordPress has been pretty easy so far. I’ve also played around with Movable Type but it’s a bit more technical than I like. Still I’m learning heaps.
Valerie
Cool! You rock!
Do you have a nickname like “Lego Lover” that we should call you by? I wanted to say “Go” and then your name, but then I realized that I wasn’t sure if it’s okay to post your name here.
Go Purple Lorikeet!!!! (How’s that?) :)
purple
The Scientist has a blog and refers to me at the Librarian. :)
Purple or Purple Lorikeet is fine with me though. :)