Unofficial Graduate Student Guide to CLIS

From Clisala

This is a guide for students in the College of Information Studies (CLIS) at the University of Maryland, College Park. You'll find information about being a CLIS student, what you need to know about UMD, where to find a place to eat in DC, how to deal with the administration, and how to find a job when graduation looms near. Whatever information you don't find, feel free to ask questions. Either that, or simply create a new page and maybe someone else will come along and fill in the blanks.

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.

Being a CLIS Student

You're not just earning any degree at the University of Maryland, you're earning a Master's in Library Science or a Master's of Information Management. We go by our own rules. If you need to know more about registration (which no one understands), which classes you should be taking, your options for choosing a degree track, or how to become more involved, then head to this section to find out more.

Grad Students 'R Us

Even though it's possible to spend all of your time at Hornbake, McKeldin Library, and the Union, there's a lot of other stuff going on around campus. For instance, you could get a job, might want to make a trip to the gym, and you could even need a place to live. Here's what you need to know about becoming at grad student at UMD.

So You Want To Be A Librarian...

Now that you've arrived and you have a career path, you may want to know a little more about it. Here's how to get involved nationally, where to research locally, how you can make contacts throughout the area, and who just wrote a blog entry on why ALA sucks/rocks today.

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.