Thinking about pursuing a career as a librarian because I love nothing more than people and learning. Still finishing my BA in English. This channel is so helpful.
I'm glad it was helpful! If you haven't seen it yet, I also did a video about my experience doing the MLIS and breaking down every close I took, here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-64k5MnDIdOU.html
This is so polished and lovely! My mom was a librarian for 40 years and has an MLS degree. It's cool to hear about how the LIS field has evolved and maintained relevance in the digital age. As a teacher, I'm always interested in how libraries can benefit my students, even when they can get so much stuff online now. :)
Thank you for this explanation! I'm about halfway through my bachelor's in English, and I only recently heard about Library and Information Science. My parents always said I would do great in a library, and I'm starting to think they were right!
So happy to have found this channel! I've been seriously considering changing careers and getting my master's in MLIS, and I was struggling to find *information* :D from a personal POV.
I just got into the mlis program I applied to, and your channel is the first place I went :) I obviously know enough about what librarians do to apply for the program, but now I'm trying to understand more of the theory behind the field. Your channel is very helpful to me, and I can't wait to start my journey into library science 😊
I am studying MLS for one year now and I started with so much love but thanks to Covid-19 it becomes really disappointing to me and I was sick of it and thought about leaving university and try another field of study so for the last try I search in youtube and this video comes up.. this was so exciting and the way you talk about it remind me why I wanted to learn this field at the beginning so I think now I gain enough strength to continue my study. thank you for your video and sorry for my mistakes in the comment, I'm not fluent in English yet.
I am consistantly the person who goes far beyond the 2nd page of a search engine, I attribute that to two things: One. I once I taste information I go into a information frenzy, and two. The search engine has an infinite scroll mode so when you scroll down it autoloads the next page and appends it.
I like this video, I have a degree in Information Science with an emphasis on Information Studies. After undergrad I've sat for a long time trying to better understand what the heck information science really was in the practical world after school. How do I better identify with what I have. So This video helped me understand better my trajectory of what I can do with my degree in Information Science.
@@coscorrodrift Good! I'm coming up on three years since I graduated and I found a full-time position shortly after that. The pandemic and a building renovation has really goofed things and I still feel like I haven't had a year of just normal librarianship under my belt but it's been good.
Ahhhhh, well, I hate to break it to ya but if you're a librarian you'll spend vastly more time around people than you will in the immediate presence of books. 😬
Oooh, definitely! I really like how, since it sits between all the different fields, it lets a person dip their toes into everything! Thanks for watching :)
This video is a very good one sir. But sir add some new videos about " Basics of Library and Information science" . I am doing Masters in Library and Information Science so need some more lectures of you. Your videos are very very good to understand the concepts. Thank you
Around 3:13 is where it is useful for me. There is also learning the dewey decimal system, and the types of stuff, like newspapers and magazines being informational.
Hi, thank you so much for the video. Im glad i found your channel and even more glad to find out that you are also a librarian. I am now a final year undergrad student majoring in Library Science. Yes, without the "Information" word. Currently im writing a thesis about the role of library in virtual learning environment. Well okay it might be a long comment im sorry im just so glad and kinda want to tell the condition here about LS. So, ive been studying for almost 4 years here in one of the best university in my country, Indonesia. And as im finishing up my degree now i seriously feel like this major and this field of study is so underrated. I swear that we are so underestimated. Im now so worried about work and moreover with all this issues happening around us now.
But you know what? As i watched and read about LIS in other countries, i started to think that we (me and people from my major in my country) are doing it wrong. We are so slow to catching up with all the technologies and all the new updates in the world. Thats why even in class we dont get much real updated and also actually essential stuffs to learn. I just you know i regret it so much. I honestly feel like i havent learned enough to prepare me for the real world. I do believe and understand that we (all LIS students) can also work in a big company because we are supposed to have the capability to manage the information, just like what you have explained. But here i feel like i havent learned enough. We are so lacking and i envy other country
Im sorry i dont even know whats my main purpose of writing all this lol i just literally poured out my thoughts and worries. Btw again, thank you. I feel like i can learn a lot from your channel
Hey that's okay, sometimes we just gotta write things out to get a feel for what's going on in our brains! In any case, I'm glad to have you along for the ride. :)
Its now in 2019 I got my first degree in LIS, and I'm very passionate on it. There for I want to enroll to study MLIS. Thanks you for giving us a spotlight on MLIS. I fell some time funny I remember the past when I was calling my self as an accidental librarian. Hmmm
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve just received my offer of admission to U of Toronto’s MLIS program and I’m excited (and overwhelmed!) by the course offerings! I’m exploring more of your channel to help get some insights on directions I’d like to take. Have you made (or watched) any experience based videos about your time in your studies?
Hi! I was reading the comment and found yours. Honestly just last night i was thinking where to go for my masters and as i was searching, i found that UoT. I know that you wrote this comment long time ago but i was wondering what happens to that offer of admission you got from UoT?
@@annisaekananda7276 Hi Annisa! I've recently finished my program at U of T and had great experience :) If you have any questions about the program let me know!
@@Yahsbsuq Hi Yasmine! I was actually already working for a public library before and during my Masters at U of T. I have just recently moved into a new role at my small library with more hours/pay, which really wanted a Masters. I really don't know what the overall job market is like (it also may depend on where you are) but I was able to connect our a classmate and colleague with our library for a Summer Program Leader. Honestly I think one of the biggest benefits of taking a program (in whatever interests you) is the networking you can do! If you have any other questions, please let me know :)
funnily enough it's starting to sound very similar to an MIS degree, only with the shift of focus from archives to businesses, which are also increasingly concerned with information storage and retrieval
Sure! When I was still doing my masters, toward the end the school had some alumni come and talk to us about where they ended up. One is now the textile archivist/librarian for a big clothing company based out of Vancouver, BC.
I have a question: why do libraries treat ebooks like physical books, allowing one person to checkout the book at a time for 4 weeks? Why wouldn't multiple people be able to read the same ebook?
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. The (simple) answer is that libraries don't own eBooks; libraries *license* eBooks. Because the libraries don't own them, they can only distribute them according to the terms of the license, and at the moment the laws around digital information are stupidly archaic compared to the laws around physical information. Whereas a library is free to loan its physical collections out as it pleases because of "first sale" doctrine, this doesn't apply to digital things... Not exactly.
A mix of both. Libraries will purchase multiple licenses, but they are constrained by the amount that they can afford, and have to balance the # of licences with the titles they offer ( see www.boston.com/news/technology/2014/06/27/why-its-difficult-for-your-library-to-lend-ebooks for details).
Also, there are other ebook services that libraries use in which an ebook may be checked out by any number of people at a time, and the library pays for the usage rather than the specific license for each title. Again though, this can get expensive and may be cost prohibitive for some libraries.
My terminology may be off. Please correct me where needed. I worked at a public library for 4 and half years. I love learning more about the field and am even considdering getting a MLIS degree.
Without knowing your curriculum exactly, it sounds like training to work in a medical library. Medical librarians generally work in hospital settings to help doctors find papers and other literature about specific (medicine-related) topics. This may include doing systematic reviews for example, or annotated bibliographies. Sometimes they also help with patient advocacy although from the medical librarians i know, that tends to take up less of their time.
What is the difference between information science and information theory (you wrote that it shouldn't be confused with each other). Is information science the field and information theory a part of it? What would be other parts of information science then? Thanks for the interesting video!
Great channel. Love this presentation. Carry on... In Bangladesh this discipline is named as Information Science and Library Management. I think both r almost same. But the area of information science is larger.
What is the difference between degrees in information science and information studies? Are they the same? Some universities offer degrees in information studies.
IMPORTANT ANSWER: Likely! But it's important to keep in mind that if you want to go into journalism, a B. Journalism or M. Journalism would probably be better. Your best bet would be to reach out to universities that have journalism and LIS co-located within the same department or school. E.g. Western in Canada, Indiana University Bloomington, and others.
Definitely! The two main jobs that jump to mind right off the bat are researchers/fact checkers, and archivists. Librarians also tend to have a knack for metadata, which is particularly helpful in organizing information online. Last year I got a contract job developing a PBS affiliate's metadata for a bunch of their online educational content last year, which was a blast (although only 2 weeks). It really depends on what you want to do though; librarians tend to be the multitools (like swiss army knives, but much more useful) of the information professions.
Stacks & Facts thank you for your answer! I was taking up BA Journalism in another university but I'm currently transferring to another university. I passed the admission exam for BLIS and I just wanted to know if those two courses align based on what I want in the future.
I should probably just mention that you should be aware, most librarian jobs require the MLIS, not the BLIS, so keep that in mind as you're considering which program to do.
Hello, thank you so much for this video! I am currently taking a bachelor's degree in Library and Information Science in the Philippines. I would like to ask how does BLIS or MLIS in the Philippines or countries that offers BLIS/MLIS equates with MLIS in the US. I am planning to work as a librarian in the states, however most of the institutions that are hiring librarians requires the applicant to have an ALA-accredited MLIS degree.
The ALA accreditation is key. ALA has a list somewhere i believe of countries that they recognize as comparable, but broadly it's gotta be an MLIS and it's gotta be from a school in USA or Canada.
pleas can you write professor name who write In short, the documentary products of human activity themselves form a universe deserving of study, and study of that universe- and how human beings produce it, seek it, retrieve it, and use it - is the intellectual domain of informatin science" this please
Hi! Yes and yes. :D You can see all of the courses here: slais.ubc.ca/programs/courses/ -- the data analysis course is a doctoral level course, but they often open it up to the MLIS students as well; on top of that, you can take elective courses from any other program at UBC that will have you. As long as they are 300-level courses or above and your advisor signs off on them, they count toward graduation (up to 12 credits out of the 48 required to graduate).
Great video! I'm a Library Assistant in the UK who is considering one of these courses to help me progress in my career. Some of the courses result in an MA and others in an MSc, is this because the content of the course is different or perhaps it's because the jobs you can apply for differ with each qualification? I was wondering if you had any answers! Thanks so much for your great video - I am off to watch some more.
That's a great question! It really depends on what the program is angling for; your best bet is to reach out to the school itself that runs the program. Without endorsing anyone, I really recommend reaching out to the folks at CityLIS -- they're the LIS department at the City University of London. You can find them on twitter at twitter.com/CityLIS, or their website at www.city.ac.uk/about/schools/mathematics-computer-science-engineering/library-information-science
Cool, thanks! I just did some research, it's the original poster of Star Wars back in 1977. But it's Hong Kong version, not Taiwan hahah I'll check Forever 21 in my neighborhood and hope this one is still in stock!
Do you have any advice for pursuing a MLIS? Preferably online? I haven't had library experience before so is this good to have before going into a masters?
My advice would be to shop around and see what interests you at different programs! You can find a list here: www.ala.org/educationcareers/accreditedprograms/directory One doesn't need experience with libraries to get an MLIS (after all, it isn't JUST a degree for librarians), but if you haven't worked in libraries before, you might want to reconsider whether the online option is the best one for you. It's been my experience that most folks who pursue an MLIS online do so because they already work at a library, but have gotten to a point in their career where they need the MLIS to further their career prospects (you can be a library technician for example without the masters degree, although you'll likely still need a Bachelors or Certificate in Library and Information Technologies, or something similar). It really varies by locale, though. I didn't have any working experience with libraries before my MLIS, but very quickly after starting it I realized how in love I was with the profession and the institution; attending classes in person made it a lot easier for me to get hands-on experience that complement my studies. My university has supports in place to facilitate that in the local community; I don't know that that's the case with all-online programs like San Jose State University. To get a feel for what you might learn in library school, check out my latest video where I give 10-second summaries of every class I've taken, and talk a little bit about what ALA accreditation looks like/at. :)
BLIS are super rare, at least in North America (what I know), and from the ones I know about are more library-specific. If you wanted to do US design/research, you'd probably need the MLIS -- and to do it at an institution that has that as a specialty. Many programs do, but not all MLIS's have that as a focus.
@@StacksFacts thank you for the answer! In Germany the Humboldt University offers a BLIS. Can a major in BLIS and a minor in business administration be helpful to start in UX or rather a more computer science focused major (media informatics/ media computer science)?
@@mielog6489 It's a great question, but I'm afraid I can't answer it -- BLIS programs are such a rarity in North America that I can't really judge them well on what they might or might not set someone up for. My gut instinct is that, probably, a media informatics course would be a more logical entry point. You should reach out to each program and see if they have faculty that will talk to you about their program focuses, as that'll be more accurate than what I can give!
Eventually, sure! Depends on a lot of things -- if you're in North America, it's almost exclusively a Master's program but your undergad degree can be in almost anything.
I'd hate to deprive you of a fun chance to Google, but you can still go to library school in the Philippines (where it's a bachelor's program rather than a master's).
With the huge amount of information available, and the huge gap between those who know how to use technology and those who don't, LIS has never been more relevant for more people.
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