Unofficial Graduate Student Guide to CLIS
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'''Disclaimer''': As a resource for open discussion and suggestion, this guide is sponsored by the ALA Student Chapter at CLIS, but does not necessarily represent the opinions of that organization. | '''Disclaimer''': As a resource for open discussion and suggestion, this guide is sponsored by the ALA Student Chapter at CLIS, but does not necessarily represent the opinions of that organization. | ||
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===[[Tips for New Students]]=== | ===[[Tips for New Students]]=== | ||
Things every new CLIS student should know before they arrive on campus (and some things that students already here may not have figured out yet). | Things every new CLIS student should know before they arrive on campus (and some things that students already here may not have figured out yet). | ||
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| - | == | + | ==Grad Students 'R Us== |
===[[Graduate Assistantships]]=== | ===[[Graduate Assistantships]]=== | ||
Who wants tuition remission?! I DO!! I DO!! | Who wants tuition remission?! I DO!! I DO!! | ||
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If you are new to the area, you're probably wondering where to look for housing. Check this page out to find out what you need to know and where you're going to find what you need to know. | If you are new to the area, you're probably wondering where to look for housing. Check this page out to find out what you need to know and where you're going to find what you need to know. | ||
| - | + | ===[[Six Things Every Graduate Student Should Know]]=== | |
| - | ===[[ | + | From the Graduate Student Government (http://www.gsg.umd.edu/6things.html) - this is an important list. |
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| - | == | + | ==So You Want To Be A Librarian...== |
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===[[Local Libraries]]=== | ===[[Local Libraries]]=== | ||
In case you find those book-related places for the pretentious a little too pricey or snotty, you can head to your local public library and be among the people and thrive with the democratic spirit of equality. Not that we don't all love the book-related places too. | In case you find those book-related places for the pretentious a little too pricey or snotty, you can head to your local public library and be among the people and thrive with the democratic spirit of equality. Not that we don't all love the book-related places too. | ||
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===[[Library-related Links]]=== | ===[[Library-related Links]]=== | ||
Blogs, professional organizations, and other such randomness | Blogs, professional organizations, and other such randomness | ||
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| + | ==Local Know-How== | ||
| + | ===[[Bookish People, Places and Things]]=== | ||
| + | Librarians of all stripes are people that heart books. We simply had to point out some fun, book-related and literary events and places in the MD-DC-VA area. | ||
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| + | ===[[News, Traffic, and Weather]]=== | ||
| + | Where to drive, whether it will be raining while you're driving, where to park, and where to hear the news that the car that you parked got stolen last night. | ||
Revision as of 22:48, 10 June 2007
This is a guide for students in the College of Information Studies (CLIS) at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Disclaimer: As a resource for open discussion and suggestion, this guide is sponsored by the ALA Student Chapter at CLIS, but does not necessarily represent the opinions of that organization.
Contents |
Being a CLIS Student
Tips for New Students
Things every new CLIS student should know before they arrive on campus (and some things that students already here may not have figured out yet).
Getting Involved as a CLIS Student
Grad Students 'R Us
Graduate Assistantships
Who wants tuition remission?! I DO!! I DO!!
Housing
If you are new to the area, you're probably wondering where to look for housing. Check this page out to find out what you need to know and where you're going to find what you need to know.
Six Things Every Graduate Student Should Know
From the Graduate Student Government (http://www.gsg.umd.edu/6things.html) - this is an important list.
So You Want To Be A Librarian...
Local Libraries
In case you find those book-related places for the pretentious a little too pricey or snotty, you can head to your local public library and be among the people and thrive with the democratic spirit of equality. Not that we don't all love the book-related places too.
Library-related Links
Blogs, professional organizations, and other such randomness
Local Know-How
Bookish People, Places and Things
Librarians of all stripes are people that heart books. We simply had to point out some fun, book-related and literary events and places in the MD-DC-VA area.
News, Traffic, and Weather
Where to drive, whether it will be raining while you're driving, where to park, and where to hear the news that the car that you parked got stolen last night.
