Excited to announce a new limited-time project, consisting of a series of interviews with students getting their degrees in LIS (Library and Information Science), at the bachelor, master, or doctoral level. By being interviewed, students can share their interests and…
Grace Taylor, MLIS student at St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota What inspired you to study in an LIS program? I had recently left a physical therapy graduate program and was feeling lost. I spent months looking for jobs only…
Erica Leslie Weidner, MSLIS student at the School of Information, Pratt Institute, New York City What inspired you to study in an LIS program? I wanted to be a librarian because I wanted help people. I’m not cut out for…
Nene Villalobos, MSLIS student at the School of Information, Pratt Institute, New York City. Instead of providing a profile pic, Nene says, “I like my words to be leave a reader wondering what I look like.” What inspired you to…
Chloe Lanham, MLIS student at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). What inspired you to study in an LIS program? In 2020, I received an oral history internship at J. Murrey Atkins…
Rebekah Black, MLIS student at the Department of Library and Information Studies, Valdosta State University (Valdosta, Georgia). Rebekah was born and raised in Indonesia; she’s the girl in the green dress, front and center. What inspired you to study in…
Nathan, MLIS student at the Department of Library and Information Studies, Valdosta State University (Valdosta, Georgia) What inspired you to study in an LIS program? I honestly thought it was something I would pursue later in life, but there’s not…
Caroline Ziegler, MLIS student at the School of Information Studies, Louisiana State University What inspired you to study in an LIS program? COVID! I’d been working in a special collections library for a few years when we were all sent…