My Internship in a Nutshell: Reflecting on my First Year as a Reference and Instruction Intern

When reflecting on my first year as a reference and instruction intern, I’m both grateful and surprised by how much I’ve learned. I started this position knowing that I was both interested in digital humanities and wanted to learn more about the library (since it’s one of my favorite places on campus), but I had… Continue Reading My Internship in a Nutshell: Reflecting on my First Year as a Reference and Instruction Intern

How to Move Forward: My Thoughts on “Mapping Whiteness at the Reference Desk”

Can libraries be a site for social justice? How can topics about diversity, equity, and inclusion be integrated into information literacy training? These were just some of the questions that we started to explore during our discussion of Hathcock and Sendaula’s “Mapping Whiteness at the Reference Desk”. Before discussing this book chapter, I never really… Continue Reading How to Move Forward: My Thoughts on “Mapping Whiteness at the Reference Desk”