PowerPoint for a junior high Career Day at which I presented. There are several slides dispelling stereotypes about librarians, followed by a few slides on what librarians are and where we work. Lastly, I spoke about my job as the Assistant Director of the Mountain West Digital Library and why Google is not enough (namely, because of metadata).
8. What is a librarian?
Someone who organizes,
describes, and makes available
large amounts of information
9. How to become a
librarian
• Graduate from high school
• Get a 4 year bachelors degree
• Go to an ALA-accredited graduate school
• Enjoy an awesome career!
10. Kinds of libraries
• Public Library
• School Library
• Academic Library
• “Special Library”
11. What do I do?
• Photographs
• Maps
• Artwork
• Music
• Diaries
• Journals
• Birth and
death records
The Mountain West
Digital Library
13. Who uses our site?
• Other librarians
• Researchers
• Students
• Teachers
• Genealogists
• Historians
• People interested in their own family
history
14. Another cool thing
about MWDL
The Digital Public Library of America
will make the cultural and
scientific heritage of humanity
available, free of charge, to all.
18. Thanks for listening!
Rebekah Cummings
Assistant Director
Mountain West Digital Library
rebekah.cummings@utah.edu
801.587.8893
Editor's Notes
melanie.hawks@utah.edu
Talk about the history of book burning. The most oppressive societies do you know what leaders often try to do? In our society, what we consider a free society we think that people should have the right to read. We strongly believe that parents have a right to say what is appropriate for their families, but not all families.